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Primitive Subsistence Farming( Shifting cultivation)

Primitive Subsistence Farming

1. This type of farming is practiced on small patches of land.
2. Primitive tools and family/community labour are used in this type of farming.
3.The farming mainly depends on monsoon and natural fertility of soil.
4. Crops are grown as per the suitability of the environmental condition.
5. This is also called ‘slash and burn’ agriculture. A patch of land is cleared by slashing the vegetation and then the slashed plants are burnt. The ash; thus obtained is mixed with the soil and crops are grown.
6.This type of farming produces just enough crops to sustain the family.
7.After a couple of seasons, the patch is left fallow and a new patch of land is prepared for farming. This allows the earlier patch of land to replenish its fertility through the natural process.

Different Names of Slash and Burn Farming:


NameRegions
Jhumming Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland
Pamlou Manipur
Dipa Bastar (Chhattisgarh) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Bewar or Dahiya Madhya Pradesh
Podu or Penda Andhra Pradesh
Pama Dabi or Koman or Bringa Orissa
Kumara Western Ghats
Valre or Waltre South eastern Rajasthan
Khi Himalayan belt
Kuruwa Jharkhand

 

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