‘Jhuming’ used to be an important activity in the tribal regions of North East India. Consider the following statements regarding Jhuming :
1. It is an agricultural practice done in forests.
2. The crops are sown in the patches between the trees and no tree is cut.
3. Natural fertility of soil is used and no external fertilizer is added.
4. Because of natural fertility of soil the yield is usually very high.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?
‘Jhuming’ used to be an important activity in the tribal regions of North East India. Consider the following statements regarding Jhuming :
1. It is an agricultural practice done in forests.
2. The crops are sown in the patches between the trees and no tree is cut.
3. Natural fertility of soil is used and no external fertilizer is added.
4. Because of natural fertility of soil the yield is usually very high.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?
The correct option is C Only 1, 3 and 4
Slash and burn Agriculture/ Shifting cultivation Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics, especially in Africa, south and central America and south east Asia
The vegetation is usually cleared by fire, and the ashes add to the fertility of the soil. Shifting cultivation is thus, also called slash and burn agriculture.
The cultivated patches are very small and cultivation is done with very primitive tools such as sticks and hoes. After sometime (3 to 5 years) the soil loses its fertility and the farmer shifts to another parts and clears other patch of the forest for cultivation
The farmer may return to the earlier patch after sometime. One of the major problems of shifting cultivation is that the cycle of jhum becomes less and less due to loss of fertility in different parcels. It is prevalent in tropical region in different names, e.g. Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Slash and burn Agriculture/ Shifting cultivation Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics, especially in Africa, south and central America and south east Asia
The vegetation is usually cleared by fire, and the ashes add to the fertility of the soil. Shifting cultivation is thus, also called slash and burn agriculture.
The cultivated patches are very small and cultivation is done with very primitive tools such as sticks and hoes. After sometime (3 to 5 years) the soil loses its fertility and the farmer shifts to another parts and clears other patch of the forest for cultivation
The farmer may return to the earlier patch after sometime. One of the major problems of shifting cultivation is that the cycle of jhum becomes less and less due to loss of fertility in different parcels. It is prevalent in tropical region in different names, e.g. Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.
