Question

Why did British favour settled cultivators over jhum cultivators ?​

Answer 1

British favoured settled cultivators over the jhum cultivators as the jhum cultivators shifted one place to another place so they cannot take revenue from them

Answer 2

JHUM CULTIVATION

• Uses forest's natural cycle of regeneration.
• Organic farming, doesn't use pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Burned trees provides potash, zinc etc.
• Jhum causes only temporary loss of jungles. Because once monsoon over, farmer abandon the land for 8-10 years. And jungle regenerate quickly.
• It is the only source of livelihood for some tribal people.
• Jhuming done in steep hill slopes where sedentary cultivation is not possible.
• Overall, jhum cultivation is both productive and ecologically sustainable.

So when these jhum cultivators keeps shifting from one place to another, they were not able to collect revenue from them...

There was a danger of forest fire.....

And they could not grow commercial trees...