Conservation Efforts
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The primary advantage of slash-and-burn agriculture is that __________.
it allows for sustainable farming in relatively small tropical societies
it allows for extremely profitable cultivation in tropical climates
it allows for extremely profitable cultivation in temperate climates
it is environmentally friendly and sufficiently profitable
All of these answers are correct.
Explanation
The primary advantage of “slash-and-burn” agriculture is that it allows for somewhat sustainable farming in relatively small tropical societies. The soil in many tropical climates is relatively weak in nutrients and so must be constantly recycled. Through a controlled system of “slash-and-burn” agriculture tropical soil is given enough time to recover and tropical vegetation is allowed the opportunity to regrow.