Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 4

The correct answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.

• Shifting cultivation is a form of agricultural practice or a cultivation system in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.
• As per UN report, more than 250 million populations in the world derive subsistence from the practice of shifting cultivation and ecological consequences are often harmful.  It has diverse forms, remains a permeate practice of the tropical region.
• Shifting cultivation refers to the cyclic cultivation involving the removal and burning of vegetation to create a non-permanent clearing which is followed in forest areas at varying lengths of time.
• All the given statements are adverse effects of shifting cultivation.