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An agriculture system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.

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Where is Shifting Cultivation being practiced globally?

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Where is Shifting Cultivation being practiced globally?

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It is practiced roughly in 250 million people across 36 million square kilometers, especially in the tropica; rain forests of Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia.

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What is the process of Shifting Cultivation?

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What is the process of Shifting Cultivation?

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Using areas they cut down most of the trees sparing only those that are economically useful. An efficient strategy is cut to down selected larger trees, which bring down smaller trees that may have been weakened by notching.

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The Kayapo people of Brazil Amazon tropical rain forest do not arrange crops in rectangular fields and rows that are familiar to us. They plant in concentric rings.

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Large-scale destruction of the rain forests also may contribute to global warming. When a large number of trees are cut, their burning and decay release large volumes of carbon dioxide.