What is Shifting Cultivation. What are its Disadvantages

Answer: A kind of farming known as shifting cultivation is often carried out in locations that are characterized by a dense cover of trees. The area of land is made clean by felling and burning any trees that are in it. As a consequence, the ashes are combined with the soil, which results in the soil losing its fertility. The following is a list of the primary drawbacks associated with shifting cultivation:

• Because of the loss of topsoil, the soil has become less fertile

• Changing agricultural practices may result in forest loss