Shifting cultivation is best described as
a. growing cash crops instead of crops for one’s own use
b. abandoning land as soon as the soil begins to degrade
c. changing crops from year to year based on demand
d. choosing which crops to grow based on climate zone

Shifting cultivation is best described as abandoning land as soon as the soil begins to degrade. The correct option in regards to all the options provided in the question is option "b". This is the procedure in which a piece of land is cleared for cultivation and once the land loses its fertility, it is abandoned for it to regain fertility in a natural way. after abandoning the land, the farmer looks for another fertile land that can be cultivated. This process becomes a continuous process. After the land gets abandoned, natural vegetation covers the land automatically and slowly after some years the land again becomes fertile for cultivation.