Multiple Choice
Shifting cultivation is characterized by _____.
A) shifting from one food crop to another in alternate years
B) alternating 2-3 years food crop production with a much longer period of fallow
C) an agroforestry system emphasizing intermixing of food crops and woody species
D) cutting and burning of woody species to reduce the C/N ratio of the crop residues
E) the shifting of land management of a given area from one farmer to another
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