Practitioners of shifting cultivation usually begin the process of clearing a new field when

A) the government tells them to do so.
B) they are certain the last frost is past.
C) the soil of the old field is depleted of nutrients.
D) the women vote to do so.
E) seasonal and annual rainfall patterns shift.


Ans: C) the soil of the old field is depleted of nutrients.

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