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Shifting cultivation orissa

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• The word Jhum or Podu refers to shift and burn cultivation. This form of cultivation was an ancient agricultural method used by tribal people. It is one of the oldest methods used for agriculture. It is known as Jhum in northeast India, Podu in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and some southern Indian states.

• Shifting cultivation is considered to be the most ancient system of agriculture dating back to the lower Neolithic period. It is also known as "Field Forest Rotation" or slash and burn agriculture. Shifting cultivation is practiced in some form or other in almost all the tribal areas of Orissa.