Shifting Cultivation

Shifting Cultivation

Shifting Cultivation is that agriculture, in which forest or bushes are cleared by fire and cultivated in it. When the fertility of the soil of that field ends, then leaving that place, farming is started again at a new place. It is also called 'slash and burn' or 'bush and fellow' agriculture.

This type of agriculture is done in different regions of the world, which are known by different names. In this article, we will know about the shifting agriculture found in different parts of the world. The names are as follows –

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Shifting Cultivation of India

1. Jhoom Agriculture – Agriculture done by tribals in North Eastern states of India.
2. Jara and Erka  – Agriculture done in South Indian state.
3. Podu  – Shifting agriculture practiced in the regions of Andhra Pradesh.
4. Kumari  – Agriculture called Kumari is agriculture done in the mountainous regions of the Western Ghats of Kerala.
5. Vevar and Dahiyar  – This is agriculture done in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.
6. Dipa  – This is agriculture done in the areas of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.
7. Kaman , Vinga and Dhawi  – This is the agriculture done in the hilly parts of Orissa.

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Shifting Cultivation of World

1. Tamrai – Agriculture done in Thailand.
2. Huma – Agriculture done in Java and Indonesia.
3. Chenna – Agriculture done in Sri Lanka.
4. Tungya  – In Myanmar.
5. Ledang  – In Java and Malaysia.
6. Kaingin  – Agriculture done in the Philippines.
7. Rey  – Agriculture done in Vietnam and Laos.
8. Logan  – Shifting agriculture practiced by tribes in West Africa.
9. Faing – By the primitive tribes of African countries located on the equator.
10. Masole – Countries located in the Zaire River basin in Africa, mainly in the Congo.
11. Tawi  – In African country in Malagasy |
12. Milpa – in the African countries of Guatemala and Yucatan.
13. Milya – in Central American countries and Mexico.
14. Roka  – In Brazil
15. Konuko – In Venezuela.
16. Ichali  – performed in the regions of Guadeloupe.
17. Konul or Komile  – In Maxico.
18. Chetemini  – In African countries Zimbabwe, Uganda and Zambia.

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Characteristic of Shifting Cultivation 

2. In this, many crops are sown together, due to which the fertility of the soil remains.
3. In this, soil erosion does not happen by doing agriculture to a certain extent.
4. In this, the place of fields changes in place of crops.
5. Farms are scattered here and there in many places.
6. Mainly food crops are grown.
7. Normally natural vegetation grows in the abandoned place in 10-12 years but sometimes it takes more time. In this way it gets cleaned again and becomes ready for agriculture.
8. In this the size of the fields ranges from 0.5 – 1.5 hectares.
9. This type of agriculture is done in a completely natural way, no chemical fertilizers are used in this.

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Disadvantages

1. Natural vegetation is destroyed by clearing forests and forests.
2. Due to the destruction of natural vegetation, the animals and birds living there have to leave their habitat, due to which their life becomes in danger.
3. Many important and rare species of trees and herbs become extinct by burning or cutting forests by setting them on fire.
4. Cutting of trees and plants also increases the risk of increasing environmental pollution.
5. In this process, cutting of trees reduces the fertility of the land, as well as increases soil erosion.

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