Name:
Shifting Cultivation
Label:
SC
Map Code: 6
Description: Shifting cultivation refers to a system in which relatively short periods of
continuing cultivation are followed by relatively long periods of fallow. A
destinction may be made between (a) closed tree formations which are
essentially broadleaved and cover a large part of the ground or all of it with
their different strata and undergrowth and in general do not have a continuous
herbaceous stratum and (b) open tree formations, whose canopy is generally
not closed and which are essentially the mixed broadleaved forest-grassland
formations of the semi-humid and dry tropics.
Land cover class details:

Shifting Cultivation
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Horizontal pattern 1
+Strata: 1

Stratum 1 (herbage/wood)
+ Description: Sequential temporal relationship
+ Presence type: Mandatory
+ Growth form: Herbaceous growth forms
+ Presence type: Temporal sequence depending
+ Sequential temporal relationship type: Sequential every
other year
+ Vegetation type: Cultivated and managed vegetation
+ Growth form: Woody growth forms
+ Presence type: Temporal sequence depending
+ Sequential temporal relationship type: Sequential every
other year
+ Sequential temporal relationship length 3.0 to 7.0 years
+ Vegetation type: Natural or seminatural vegetation
Examples of Shifting Cultivation appearance in the LMB:
None-bordering field of crops mixed with
semi-natural vegetation (grass and shrub)
None-bordering field of crops mixed with
semi-natural vegetation (grass and shrub)
Shifting Cultivation class characteristics in the MRC Land Cover Classification System
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Field of crops at steeply sloped hills
Field of crops at steeply sloped hills
Growing Crops in the areas remained
grasses, shrubs and trees
Growing Crops in the areas remained
grasses, shrubs and trees
Abundant land with dry grasses and
shrubs after haverting
Abundant land with dry grasses and
shrubs after haverting
Shifting Cultivation class characteristics in the MRC Land Cover Classification System
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Burn fields of shifting land after haverting
Burn fields of shifting land after haverting
Shifting Cultivation class characteristics in the MRC Land Cover Classification System
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