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Shifting cultivation is also known as


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a

Mixed cultivation

b

Primitive agriculture

c

Modern cultivation

d

Swidden cultivation 

answer is D.

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Swidden agriculture is another term for shifting agriculture.
Shifting cultivation is a type of agriculture in which a portion of land is used for a short time and then abandoned or transformed. It entails clearing the area and either growing crops or harvesting wood until the soil becomes unfertile. Swidden agriculture is another name for "slash and burns" farming. Shifting agriculture is practised in the Amazon basin, tropical Africa, sections of Southeast Asia, and Northeast India.
 
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