Shifting Cultivation Is Characterized by _____

question 20

Multiple Choice

Shifting cultivation is characterized by _____.

• A)shifting from one food crop to another in alternate years
• B)alternating 2-3 years food crop production with a much longer period of fallow
• C)an agroforestry system emphasizing intermixing of food crops and woody species
• D)cutting and burning of woody species to reduce the C/N ratio of the crop residues
• E)the shifting of land management of a given area from one farmer to another

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