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what is jhumming (relevant answer )

Answer 1

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Parmesh Kaur answered this

In the north eastern states of India, shifting cultivation or slash-and-burn agriculture is known as jhumming. In this type of farming, farmers usually choose a forest area, then cut it down and burn it. The farmers, then cultivate the land and grow crops on it. Once the land is no longer fertile, then the farmers leave the land and repeat this process elsewhere. This period of time in which the land is left on its 

Answer 2

Jhumming is another name of shifting cultivation.. In this meathod a patch of land is burned and seeds are sown in the ash..after 2 or 3 years the land is cleared to regain its fertility.