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Shifting agriculture/cultivation - “Slash-and-burn” agriculture involves burning a portion of forest so that the soil there can be used for agricultural purposes, land is cleared for cultivation (normally by fire) and then left to regenerate after a few years.

Farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning the debris; shifting cultivation is sometimes called “Slash-and-burn” agriculture.

Farmers grow crops on a cleared field for only a few years, until soil nutrients are depleted, and then leave it fallow (with nothing planted) for many years so the soil can recover.

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Shifting agriculture/cultivation is practiced in Africa, tropical Central and South America, and Southeast Asia, Tropical Regions. It is practice by people who generally live in small villages and grow food on the surrounding land, which the village controls

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Shifting Cultivation is practiced in much of the world's tropical climate regions, which have relatively high temperatures, and abundant rainfall.

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The crops grown by each village vary by local custom and taste. The predominant crops include upland rice in Southeast Asia, maize (corn) and manioc (cassava) in South America, and millet and sorghum in Africa. Yams, sugarcane, plantain, and vegetables are also grown in some regions. These crops have originated in one region of shifting cultivation and have diffused to other areas in recent years.

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Extensive, shifting cultivation requires large areas of land.