HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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cold mid-latitude
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shifting cultivation is practiced in most of the world’s humid, low-latitude climate regions, where temperatures are relatively high and rainfall is abundant. Shifting cultivation is practiced by about 250 million people, mainly in the tropical rainforests of South America, Central and West Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The different forms of shifting cultivation described include slash-and-burn type of shifting cultivation, the chitemene system, the Hmong system, shifting cultivation cycle in the Orinoco floodplain, the slash-mulch system, and the plough-in-slash system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Where is Shifting Cultivation Practiced In India? Ans. Shifting Agriculture is practiced in hilly areas in India, including Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka.