HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Which is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
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Land is cleared by tractors or large work crews.
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Debris is mulched to provide the soil with nutrients.
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A new site is designated every 50 years.
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A new site is designated every few years.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Field rotation. Fire is used to cleanse the earth. The land is left fallow for several years to allow regeneration.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Destruction of forests. High dependence on manual labour. High dependence on chemical fertilizers. Rotation of areas rather than crops.
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