19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Shifting Cultivation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Shifting Cultivation is a type of farming practiced in hilly areas. Shifting Cultivation is a type of shifting farming method. It is mainly cultivated by cutting down the forest and burning it, but when the fertility of the land decreases in that place, agricultural land is shifted from the previous place and agricultural land is re-established elsewhere. This is cultivated in sloping areas on hills. Cultivation of this method makes it possible to produce different crops at different times of the year. Shifting Cultivation is the main source of livelihood for the small ethnic groups in the hilly areas.

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Date Taken: 08.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Bandarban, Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Camera: NIKON D810
Copyright: © Md Zakir Hossain