Question

Which of the following statement(s) is incorrect?

• A. The podu farming technique is also called jhum cultivation.
• B. Koya people usually cultivate many crops together and grow them without irrigation.
• C. The most common crops they cultivate are jowar, maize, millets, sesame, and pulses.
• D. The harvest process gives them enough to survive for almost a month and a half.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

The harvest process gives them enough to survive for almost a month and a half.

The Koya people participate in shifting cultivation, which is also known as jhum cultivation. They usually cultivate many crops together and grow them without irrigation. They protect these crops from animals and birds by building a manche around the field until December.

If we take the example of jowar, whose production is 250 kg per acre in the podu field, then one family farming 2 to 2.5 acres of land can harvest about 600 kg of jowar from that field. Such a harvest is sufficient for them for the next six months.