The system in which a farmer uses a piece of land for a period and abandons it for another land is called

A.

Crop rotation

B.

Mix cropping

C.

Shifting cultivation

D.

Leg farming

Correct answer is C

Shifting agriculture is a system of cultivation in which a plot of land is cleared and cultivated for a short period of time, then abandoned and allowed to revert to producing its normal vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.