Impact of shifting cultivation The shifting cultivation is generally practised in the following sequence: · Selecting a forest patch and clear fell the vegetation normally in Decemb Impact of shifting cultivation The shifting cultivation is generally practised in the following sequence: · Selecting a forest patch and clear fell the vegetation normally in December and January · Burning of the vegetation. Small, cut-trunks portion and roots are normally not removed. The herbs, shrubs and twigs and branches (slashed vegetation) are burnt in February and March · Sowing of seeds, by dibbling, generally of cereals, vegetables and oil seeds in April-May · Continuing cultivation for a few years · Abandoning the cultivated site and shifting to other forest sites · Returning to the former site, and once again practise shifting cultivation on it.
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