Multiple choice

Which of these is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation?

  1. Crop rotation

  2. Multiple cropping

  3. Monoculture

  4. Intercropping

  5. Shifting cultivation

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E Correct answer
Explanation

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.