HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Tropical regions with relatively high temperatures and abundant rainfall.
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Developed countries with a low number of farmers.
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Less developed countries with a heavy reliance on subsistence agriculture.
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Societies that rely on hunting and gathering.
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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: -In the northeastern region of India, comprising the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, shifting cultivation is largely practiced in the hilly areas. The usual process demands the selection of a plot on or near the hill side or jungle.
Detailed explanation-3: -Swidden agriculture, also known as shifting cultivation, refers to a technique of rotational farming in which land is cleared for cultivation (normally by fire) and then left to regenerate after a few years.