HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Shifting cultivation is a mode of farming long followed in the humid tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. In the practice of “slash and burn”, farmers would cut the native vegetation and burn it, then plant crops in the exposed, ash-fertilized soil for two or three seasons in succession.

Detailed explanation-2: -In slash and burn agriculture, the farmers cut down the trees of the forest and burn the plant remains and the land is used for farming. After cultivation, the area is left alone for several years so as to allow its recovery. The farmers then move on to other areas and repeat this process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Slash-and-burn is a type of shifting cultivation, an agricultural system in which farmers routinely move from one cultivable area to another. A rough estimate is that 200 million to 500 million people worldwide use slash-and-burn. Slash-and-burn causes temporary deforestation.