Question: Where does 'Jabo', the way of doing rural farming, exist?
Options:
Uttarakhand
Nagaland
Himachal Pradesh
Mizoram
🔑 Key Points
➤ 'Jabo' or 'Zabo' Farming (Nagaland):
→ A rural farming method meaning "impounding water."
→ Ingenious rainwater harvesting system catching runoff from mountains.
→ Preserves forests on hilltops as water catchments.
→ Features ponds at the next level to hold rainwater via small channels.
→ Practiced by Chakhesang tribals of Kikruma village, Nagaland.
→ Rain shadow area receives 1,613 mm of annual rainfall.
➤ 'Jabo' or 'Zabo' Farming (Nagaland):
→ A rural farming method meaning "impounding water."
→ Ingenious rainwater harvesting system catching runoff from mountains.
→ Preserves forests on hilltops as water catchments.
→ Features ponds at the next level to hold rainwater via small channels.
→ Practiced by Chakhesang tribals of Kikruma village, Nagaland.
→ Rain shadow area receives 1,613 mm of annual rainfall.