Agriculture Exhibit by Chanel Wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0 shifting cultivation en-us 2016-12-06 20:23:42 UTC 2025-10-06 00:07:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Shifting Cultivation chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142158547 is a form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.]]> 2016-12-06 21:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142158547 Shifting cultivation is practiced by nearly 250 million people, especially in the tropical rain forests of South America, Central and West Africa, and Southeast Asia. chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142391433 2016-12-07 18:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142391433 Shifting Cultivation is leading to tropical deforestation chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142393301 2016-12-07 19:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142393301 Shifting Cultivation is also known as slash and burn. chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142394617 2016-12-07 19:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142394617 chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142395274 2016-12-07 19:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142395274 The predominant crops include upland rice in Southeast Asia, maize (corn) and manioc (cassava) in South America, and sorghum in Africa. Yams, sugarcane, plantain, and vegetables are also grown in some regions. chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142420123 2016-12-07 20:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142420123 The farmers use simple tools such as machetes, sickles, axes and sticks. chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142421602 2016-12-07 20:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142421602 chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142421776 2016-12-07 20:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142421776 Shifting Cultivation is one of the earliest types of subsistence agriculture chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142422002 2016-12-07 20:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142422002 Even though a small plot of land is cultivated each time, shifting cultivation takes up large areas of forest land because farmers move on to another plot of land every few years. chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142422308 2016-12-07 20:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142422308 Climate chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142422694 Tropical climate]]> 2016-12-07 20:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142422694 There are 5 steps to shifting cultivation chanel_wales https://padlet.com/chanel_wales/z97x0uloctn0/wish/142423060 1) selecting a plot of land
2) burning the felled trees
3) planting 
4) harvesting
5) fallowing 
 

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