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Shifting cultivation - Definition and Overview

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Shifting cultivation is the process where an area is taken and used for agriculture and some years later left abandoned to take other areas. For example a forested area is cleared, burnt, and cultivated, then left abandoned to allow natural regrowth before beginning again.

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