Question

What problems did shifting cultivators face
under British rule?​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴛɪsʜ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sʜɪғᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴏ sᴇᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴘᴇᴀsᴀɴᴛ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴏʀs. ʙᴜᴛ sᴇᴛᴛʟᴇᴅ ᴘʟᴏᴜɢʜ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴀsʏ ɪɴ ᴀʀᴇᴀs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ɪs sᴄᴀʀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏɪʟ ɪs ᴅʀʏ. ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ, sʜɪғᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴏʀs ᴡʜᴏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴏᴜɢʜ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғᴛᴇɴ sᴜғғᴇʀᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ғɪᴇʟᴅs ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʏɪᴇʟᴅs

Answer 2

The shifting cultivators were forced to take up the settled plough cultivation where the type of land and water scarcity couldn't produce enough. When the British brought changes in the forest laws, the life of those shifting cultivators were badly affected, soon the British declared the forest as a state property. Some parts of the forest were classified as reserved forest for them to produce timber for the British needs. People like shifting cultivators were not allowed to roam freely in these type of forests, as a result many shifting cultivators had to move to other areas in search of work.