Question

The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as ____________.

Answer 1

Jhum cultivation

1. Jhum cultivation is the technique of removing vegetation and/or forest cover from land and hill slopes, drying and burning it prior to the start of the monsoon season, and then planting crops there thereafter.
2. Broadcast seeding is the technique used in jhum farming while planting seeds.
3. It is a seeding technique that involves mechanically or manually dispersing seed over a big region.
4. The seeds are softly buried after being dispersed.
5. Compared to the conventional row method of planting seeds, it is a less complicated and easier method.

Final answer : The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as broadcasting or scattering.