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Read the given description of farming and identify its type: ‘’After cutting one crop, the land is left as it is for some years. Nothing is grown there. The bamboos or weeds which grow on that land arc not pulled out. They are cut and burnt. The ash makes the land fertile. When the land is ready for farming it is lightly dug up, not ploughed. Seeds are dropped on it.’’

Read the given description of farming and identify its type: ‘’After cutting one crop, the land is left as it is for some years. Nothing is grown there. The bamboos or weeds which grow on that land arc not pulled out. They are cut and burnt. The ash makes the land fertile. When the land is ready for farming it is lightly dug up, not ploughed. Seeds are dropped on it.’’ Correct Answer Jhoom farming

Concept:

  • Every region follows different agricultural practice.
  • Depending on the type of crop and scale of farming various agricultural practices are adopted.

Explanation:

About Jhoom farming:

  • Jhoom farming is a type of shifting agriculture.
  • It is the most common type of agricultural practice in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland; Pamlou in Manipur.
  • It is also a common practice in Bastar district of Chhattishgarh, and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
  • It is also called Slash and burn agriculture.
  • It is also known as fire-fallow cultivation.
  • Forest land is cleaned and ashes are added to the soil.
  • Cultivated spots/ areas are usually small.
  • Short periods of crop occupation alternate with long fallow periods.
  • Field rotation is practised instead of crop rotation.
  • The farmer cultivates on a plot of land temporarily.
  • When finding the land infertile to grow due to soil exhaustion, they move on to another plot.

​Thus, Jhoom farming is the correct answer.

Shifting cultivation in India:​​

Jhoom

North-eastern India

Vevar and Dahiyaar

Madhya Pradesh

Deepa

Madhya Pradesh

Zara and Erka

Southern States

Batra

South-eastern Rajasthan

Podu

Andhra Pradesh

Kumari

 Western Ghats of Kerala

Kaman

Odisha

Shifting cultivation in the world:

  • Lading in South-east Asia.
  • Milpa in Central America.
  • Chitemene or Tavy in Africa.
  • Chena in Sri Lanka.

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