Advantage:
- More amount of sunlight reaches the ground.
- Environmentally friendly because it is organic farming.
- It is often a form of weed control.
- it can play a part in pest management.
- It may reduce the incidence of soil-borne diseases.
Disadvantage:-
- More practice of deforestation.
- loss of greenery.
- No enough food, medicine e.t.c.
- Not cost effective.
- Troublesome to move all around the time.
Advantages of sedentary agriculture include higher yields, stability in food production, and the ability to support larger populations. Disadvantages may include soil depletion, vulnerability to pests and diseases, and a higher workload compared to nomadic or shifting cultivation practices.
Some countries that still practice shifting cultivation include Brazil, Indonesia, Cameroon, and Papua New Guinea. However, shifting cultivation is gradually decreasing in popularity due to its impact on deforestation and land degradation.
Advantages: Easy to understand and implement, allows for physical organization by location, can help with visualizing spatial relationships. Disadvantages: Limited flexibility for reorganizing, can be time-consuming to maintain, may not scale well for large amounts of data.
No, the mode of production that is based on growing food on shifting plots of land is called shifting cultivation or slash-and-burn agriculture. Agriculture typically refers to a more permanent form of farming that involves cultivating crops on a fixed piece of land.
The mode of production that is based on growing food on shifting plots of land is called shifting cultivation or slash-and-burn agriculture. It involves clearing land, planting crops for a few years until the soil fertility declines, then moving to a new area and repeating the process.
Advantages of sedentary agriculture include higher yields, stability in food production, and the ability to support larger populations. Disadvantages may include soil depletion, vulnerability to pests and diseases, and a higher workload compared to nomadic or shifting cultivation practices.
Some countries that still practice shifting cultivation include Brazil, Indonesia, Cameroon, and Papua New Guinea. However, shifting cultivation is gradually decreasing in popularity due to its impact on deforestation and land degradation.
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jhum
jhum
Shifting cultivation is when the physical and human environment work together. This is especially useful when the mass majority of the population are farmers. By shifting cultivation, this would help the used land for farming rejuvenate and get back the nutrients it has lost. Though this takes a long time, it still helps to recycle land and save resources. By Uma Nandan a.k.a Nandiyana Jones Hope I helped. It may not be that detailed because I am 12
What are theMeritand demerit ofshifting cultivation- WikiAnswers
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yes it is
Sawani
The Different names of shifting cultivation are- A)Jhum cultivation B) slash & burn C) Swidden agriculture
European foresters felt that land used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Moreover, when a forest was burnt, there was a danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the Government to calculate taxes. Therefore, they banned shifting cultivation.