Shifting Cultivation Flashcards
2 distinctive factors of shifting cultivation
1- farmers clear land for planting by d
Slash and burn
2- farmers grow crops On a cleared field until soil is depleted then leave it fallow for many years
Where
Humid low latitude
Or
High temperatures an abundant rainfall
Tropic rainforest
People who do shifting cultivation live in
In small villages an grow food on surrounding land which the village controls.- we’ll recognized bod airs usually separate neighboring Villages
Process
Each year villagers designate for planting An area surrounding the settlement
Befor planting the remove vegetation
Cutting useless trees with axes
Under growth is cleared with machete or long knife
Debris is burned
Ra washed fresh ashes into soil for nutrients
What’s a Swidden
The cleared land before planting
Are animals and machinery used a
Animals and plows are rally used
How long does the land support plants
3 years
Predominant crops by this methods
Maize
Manioc(cassava)
Millet and sorghum
How do the kayapo
O of Brazil plant fields
Concentric rings 1 ring- sweet potatoes and yams Then ring of corn and rice Then ring of manioc Then more yams
Outer ring has plants requiring more nutrients (fruits and beans)
Shifting cultivation. Is how much of worlds land area
1/4
Largest agricultural culture
Shifting cultivation
How many people practice shifting agriculture
<5%
Shifting cultivation. Is how much of worlds land area
1/4
Largest agricultural culture
Shifting cultivation
How many people practice shifting agriculture
<5%
