Question

The shifting cultivation method, called as jhum, belongs to the category of

• A. Industrial forestry
• B. Agro-forestry
• C. Commercial forestry
• D. Social forestry
• E. Conservation forestry

Answer 1

The correct option is B Agro-forestry

Agroforestry or agro-sylviculture is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland.

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation, while the cultivator moves on to another plot. The period of cultivation is usually terminated, when the soil shows signs of exhaustion or, more commonly, when the field is overrun by weeds.

Shifting cultivation is a form of agriculture or a cultivation system, in which, at any particular point in time, a minority of 'fields' are in cultivation and a majority are in various stages of natural re-growth. Over time, fields are cultivated for a relatively short time, and allowed to recover, or are fallowed, for a relatively long time. Eventually a previously cultivated field will be cleared of the natural vegetation and planted in crops again. This type of farming is called as jhumming in India.