Question

short note on Jhoom farming​

Answer 1

Short note on Jhoom faming:

• Jhum, or slash-and-burn agriculture, is one of India's oldest agricultural techniques.
• Jhum (Jhoom) or Podu refers to crop shifting, slashing, or burning, which is a centuries-old tradition.
• A portion of forest land is cleared in this technique by chopping trees, shrubs, and bushes.
• The entire field is set on fire in May and June to allow the dry trees, shrubs, and bushes to burn, and the area is ploughed immediately after the first shower.
• It is thought that by doing so, the soil quality will increase.
• Before the monsoon arrives, grains are planted.
• They migrate to another piece of land the following year once a patch of land has been cultivated, and the cycle repeats.
• In Northeastern India, it is known as Jhum (Jhoom), and in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and certain southern Indian states, it is known as Podu.

Answer 2

Jhoom farming is as follows:

• Shifting cultivation or Jhoom is predominantly practising in the northeastern regions of India. It is an agricultural system where a farming population severs secondary forests on an intentional area, simmers the slash and cultivates the territory for a restricted number of years. The territory is then left unfamiliar and the farming population shifts to the successive area to repeat the procedure till they withdraw to the starting point. It has repeatedly been asserted that jhoom has led to the casualty of useful natural resources of the country.