Question
Download Solution PDFIn which state of India is shifting cultivation known as ‘Bringa’?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Odisha.Key Points
About slash and burn agriculture:
- It is a type of primitive farming in which the farmer cultivates on a plot of land temporarily.
- When he finds the land infertile to grow due to soil exhaustion, they move on to another plot.
- It is largely practiced in the northeastern region of India, including Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, etc.
- This way of farming is also known as "Jhum Kheti".
- It is a shifting cultivation practice.
- It is also known as fire-fallow cultivation.
- Forest land is cleaned and ashes are added to the soil.
- Cultivated spots/ areas are usually small.
- Short periods of crop occupation alternate with long fallow periods.
- Field rotation is practiced instead of crop rotation.
Important Points
Shifting cultivation in India:
|
Jhoom |
North-eastern India |
|
Bewar or Dahiya |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Zara or Erka |
Southern states |
|
Valre or Waltre |
South-eastern Rajasthan |
|
Podu or Penda |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Kumari |
Western Ghats |
|
Pama Dabi or Koman or Bringa |
Odisha |
| Khil | Himalayan belt |
| Kuruwa | Jharkhand |
| Jhumming | North-eastern states |
Shifting cultivation in the world:
- Milpa in Central America.
- Chitemene or Tavy in Africa.
- Chena in Sri Lanka.
- Conuco in Venzuela.
- Roca in Brazil.
- Masole in Central Africa.
- Ladang in Indonesia.
- Ray in Vietnam.
Additional Information
Commercial farming:
- In commercial farming, crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in the market.
- The area cultivated and the amount of capital used is large.
- Most of the work is done by machines.
- Commercial farming includes commercial grain farming, mixed farming and plantation agriculture.
Subsistence farming:
- Subsistence farming, a form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade.
- Its characteristics are no surplus, distress sale, less or no use of fertilizers etc.
Plantation farming:
- Plantations are a type of commercial farming where a single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton are grown.
- A large amount of labor and capital are required.
- The produce may be processed on the farm itself or in nearby factories.
- The development of a transport network is thus essential for such farming.
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