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
Characteristics of shifting
cultivation
Making a Clearing.
Growing Crops.
Abandoning the
Clearing.
Steps of shifting cultivation
Site selection
Slashing
Burning
Cleaning and fencing
Weeding
Harvesting
Environmental Effects
Deforestation
soil erosion
loss of biodiversity