Shifting cultivation is the major occupation and the main source of income of the marginal farmers(Jhumias) in Mizoram. At present, net area sown in Mizoram State is only 5.5%, of which, 16.9% area is devoted to shifting cultivation. Meanwhile, about 54% people, living in the rural areas...
In hilly regions of North East States shifting cultivation locally known as jhum continues to be dominant mode of food production and economic mainstay of many rural housholds.It is way of life which provides subsistence to the dependent community in form of food, fuel wood and fodder. Shift...
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Paul SillitoeInternational Mountain Society and United Nations UniversityP. Sillitoe, "Shifting Cultivation and Sustainable Development of North-Eastern India," Tradition in Transition Mountain Research and Development, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 89-90, 2008....
It is estimated that 1.73 million hectares of land use have been affected by shifting cultivation in Northeast India (FSI, 2000). In this region, more than 8.5 million tonnes of phytomass were burned annually (Choudhury et al., 2015). Soil fertility and sustainability have been disturbed by ...
Abstract ABSTRACT: The seasonal changes in the soil microbial biomass C, N and P have been carried out in four different shifting cultivation sites i.e., recently slashed and burnt site, 3-year old fallow site, 7-year old fallow site and a protected forest site. The soil microbial biomass...
Shifting cultivation evolved in the socio-economic environment of ancient India, characterised by surplus land, and scarcity of labour and capital resources. The age-old practice has become unviable, leading to the degradation of forests and tribal economy, due mainly to the changes in socio-...
Shifting cultivation is the major occupation and the main source of income of the marginal farmers ( Jhumias ) in Mizoram. At present, net area sown in Mizoram State is only 5.5%, of which, 16.9% area is devoted to shifting cultivation. Meanwhile, about 54% people, living in the rural ...
Shifting cultivation is widely practiced in the northeastern hill (NEH) region of India. It is known that the destruction of natural forests and its conversion to cropland leads to soil resource degradation. The impacts on soil due to jhuming (jhum practice followed in shifting cultivation) ...
nbspIrya ChangsanIJEDR(www.ijedr.org)Tripathi, R.S., Barik, S.K., 2003. Shifting Cultivation in North East India. Proc. Approaches for increasing agricultural productivity in hill und mountain ecosystem. ICAR research complex for NEH region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India....