describe the shifting of jhum cultivation of tribal groups
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The Jhum Cultivation is a form of cultivation practiced in northeastern states of India like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also in the districts of Bangladesh like Khagrachari and Sylhet. In this form of cultivation forest are cut and burnt in rotation.
A piece of land is cleared by setting fire or clear felling. The area is then used for growing crops of agricultural importance such as upland rice, vegetables or fruits.
After a few cycles, the land loses fertility and then a new area is chosen.
Shifting cultivation is the agricultural system where the plot is cultivated on a temporary basis and then abandoned once the soil loses its fertility.
Length of the time consumed for cultivation is very less than the regeneration period.
This is also called as jhumming in India which are practised by tribes.