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What is "Jumming"? |
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Answer» Jhum cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter. The burnt soil contains potash which increases the nutrient content of the soil. In the north eastern states of India, shifting cultivation or slash-and-burn agriculture is known as jhumming. In this type of farming, farmers usually choose a forest area, then cut it down and burn it. The farmers, then cultivate the land and grow crops on it. Once the land is no longer fertile, then the farmers leave the land and repeat this process elsewhere. This period of time in which the land is left on its qwn is very important for the land because it regains its fertility. |
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