jhum

In north-east India, under the traditional slash and burn agriculture (locally called jhum), under fallow system (without burning the slash), and under sedentary agriculture, a variety of lesser-known species are cultivated by the farmer.

1. Lost crops of the incas. 1992

Satyabrata Chakraborty ALL the hill tribes practice the slash-and-burn method of cultivation called jhum which has badly affected the fragile

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Also known as "shifting cultivation", "swidden agriculture", or simply "jhum", slash and burn is an ancient form of agriculture practiced by between 200 and 500 million people around the world today (2006).

Slash and burn 2007

He had been cultivating rice on a jhum, a temporary slash-and-burn farm, on the river Tut, toward the Bangladesh border.

Waiting for the Plague Shoumatoff, Alex 2007

Meanwhile, state directorate of rural development has reiterated that all grants to village development boards (VDB), equivalent to panchayats in Nagaland, to be cancelled if forest fire spread to residential areas from jhum lands.

Analysis 2010

Meanwhile, state directorate of rural development has reiterated that all grants to village development boards (VDB), equivalent to panchayats in Nagaland, to be cancelled if forest fire spread to residential areas from jhum lands.

Analysis 2010

Environmentalists here attributed the destructive jhum fires that claimed eight lives during the past two months since February seven and followed suit by unprecedented devastating pre-monsoon storm to degradation of forests and global warming.

Analysis 2010

The fire started by the villagers to clear jungle for jhum cultivation spread towards the human populated areas due to dry spell accompanied by wind, the sources said.

Analysis 2010

Since there is no alternative to jhum cultivation in Nagaland, both district administrations and village councils time and again instruct the villagers to carry out traditional slash and burning operation with strict supervisions so that the fire cannot spread to places other than the clearing areas.

Analysis 2010

Since there is no alternative to jhum cultivation in Nagaland, both district administrations and village councils time and again instruct the villagers to carry out traditional slash and burning operation with strict supervisions so that the fire cannot spread to places other than the clearing areas.

Analysis 2010