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WAEC Agricultural Science 2015 Question 9

Question 9

Farming Systems

The system in which a farmer uses a piece of land for a period and abandons it for another land is called

  1. A.crop rotation.
  2. B.mixed cropping.
  3. C.shifting cultivation.
  4. D.ley farming.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (shifting cultivation.)

Explanation

In shifting cultivation the farmer moves to new land when the old plot loses fertility.