explain detail of jhum cultivation and shifting cultivation
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In shifting cultivation a small area of a forest is cleared by cutting dowm all the tress and the area is burned. The ashes are mixed with the soil to make it more fertile and this land is then used for the cultivation of crops .
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Jhum cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter. The burnt soil contains potash which increases the nutrient content of the soil.
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