Question: Which type of agriculture practice is famous in North-Eastern states?
Options:
Jhum cultivation
Truck cultivation
Commercial farming
Subsistence farming
🌱 Jhum cultivation/ Shifting cultivation
→ It is a farming system where farmers move from one place to another when the land becomes exhausted.
→ It is often practiced by primitive tribes in the forested highlands.
→ The most common form is slash-and-burn farming.
📌 Important Points
✨ Advantages of Jhum cultivation:
→ A new forest with a diverse forest layer regenerates soon after the land has been abandoned.
→ Simple growing methods.
→ No need for power and mechanization.
→ It is a form of organic farming.
⚠️ Disadvantages of Jhum cultivation:
→ Low input-output ratio per hectare.
→ More effort is required to practice shifting cultivation.
→ It has a negative impact on the environment (e.g., deforestation, soil erosion, and other downstream effects).