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Define Shifting cultivation
Solution
Shifting cultivation: It is a migratory system of agriculture. In this system, at first, the small trees of an area are cut by a long thick bladed knife then, the slash is burnt, and crops are planted among the stumps by dropping the seeds into holes, made with a pointed stick.
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