The pros of slash-and-burn are an increase in food production without intensive labor, a lot of the work can be done by hand, the ashen remains of the burnt trees leave nutrients in the soil to help plants grow and if done properly it enriched soil and can be regenerative and productive in tropical rainforests (152). But the cons remain and include the burning of forests to accommodate for farmland, then after a few years the fields are abandoned and planting shifts to a new location. If done incorrectly and the fields are over used then weeds can take over the land preventing the natural plant life from regrowing or the land is left barren after being overexploited stopping anything from growing (152). intensive agriculture is the creation
