Shifting cultivation is a farming system where farmers relocate to new areas once the land becomes depleted, commonly practiced by primitive tribes in regions like the Amazon Basin and Congo Basin. The process involves several steps, including site selection, slashing, burning, cleaning, fencing, weeding, and harvesting. Environmental consequences include deforestation, soil erosion, and loss of biodiversity.

2. What is shifting cultivation?
 Shifting cultivation is a farming system
where farmers move on from one place to
another when the land becomes exhausted.
 Shifting Cultivation is often practiced by
primitive tribes in the forested highlands of
the Amazon Basin, Congo Basin, etc
 The most common form is slash-and-burn

3. Characteristics of shifting
cultivation
Making a Clearing.
Growing Crops.
Abandoning the
Clearing.

4. Steps of shifting cultivation
Site selection
Slashing
Burning
Cleaning and fencing
Weeding
Harvesting

7. Environmental Effects
Deforestation
soil erosion
loss of biodiversity