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Answer the following question in brief
Why is shifting cultivation not productive in the long run?
Solution
This form of agriculture is wasteful and harmful to forests and wildlife. After a few years the fertility of the land is reduced. The infertility is caused by excessive leaching, a process in which the salts and minerals of the soil are drained away by water.
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