InterviewSolution
Saved Bookmarks
InterviewSolution
| 1. |
Why did Shifting cultivation become popular in India pre-independence? |
|
Answer» Answer: Shifting cultivation continues to be a predominant agricultural practice in many parts of India, despite state DISCOURAGEMENT and multipronged EFFORTS to wean indigenous communities away from it. Their land, due to remoteness, poor access to MARKETS and undulating terrain, leaves them with few alternatives, was why it was practised in India . Shifting cultivation or jhum, predominantly practiced in the north-east of India is an agricultural system where a farming community slashes secondary FORESTS on a predetermined location, burns the slash and cultivates the land for a limited number of years, was the reason for the popularity of shifting cultivation.
|
|