The book highlights the global perspectives on shifting cultivation and suggest measures to either leave the practice with sound alternatives or improve the existing practice to make it profitable and sustainable to raise the living standard of the population and ensure enduring food security and livelihood.

Efforts have been made to express the information, in the context of today covering interesting information regarding shifting cultivation, including its definition, scope, ecological and nutrient diversity, deforestation and soil degradation, dabbling, decline, and demise, as well as development with suitable alternatives, which has been provided in various chapters of the book in a clear and concise manner.

It would be interesting and very helpful to the reader. The book will act as a helpful manual for scientists, extension specialists, government officials, students, and farmers who want to manage natural resources and shifting cultivation areas sustainably.