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what is jhum cultivation​

Answer 1

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Jhum or Jhoom cultivation is a local name for slash and burn agriculture practiced by the tribal groups in the northeastern states of India like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also in the districts of Bangladesh like Khagrachari and Sylhet

Jhum cultivation is also called shifting cultivation, and it was practiced on small patches of land, mostly in forests. The tribal cultivators cut the treetops to allow sunlight onto the ground and burnt the vegetation on the land to clear it for cultivation.

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Answer 2

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jhum cultivation stands for the cultivation which is done by the forestry people by moving place to place or by moving field to field and clearing the patches of land . When the farmer clears the land , he uses it for 3 to 4 yrs till the soil losses its fertility.....it is also called shifting cultivation

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