HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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tsunami
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heavy rainfall
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dry weather
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cutting of trees
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shifting cultivation is practiced in the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of Southeast Asia and Northeast India. These are the areas of heavy rainfall and quick regeneration of vegetation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jhum cultivation is also called as shifting cultivation and is practiced by tribal groups in northeastern states on a small patch of land. In this cultivation, the area is first cleared of trees and vegetation and then burnt after that.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice in which a plot of land was cultivated temporarily and is abandoned to allow vegetation to grow freely while the cultivator moves to another plot. Shifting cultivation has contributed to both positive and negative environmental impacts.