what is jhum cultivation?
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• In this type of cultivation, the cultivators clear off a patch of land, burn the vegetation and speread the ash from the the firing, which contains potash fertilize the soil.
• Then they prepare the soil for cultivation. They scatter the seen on the field.
• Once the crops are ready then they move it to another land. This is known as Jhum cultivation.
• Jhum cultivation is also known as shifting cultivation.
• It is also known as slash and burn agriculture.
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Shifting cultivators faced many problems under the British rule.
• The life if shifting cultivators was directly connected to the forests. So, when the British brought changes in forest laws, their life was badly affected.
• In these forests, people were not allowed to move freely.
• The British extended their control overall forests and declared forests were state property.
As a result, many Jhum cultivators had to move too the areas in search of work.