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‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is known as [[1]] cultivation in North-Eastern states.

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‘Slash and burn agriculture is known as jhum cultivation in North-Eastern states. Slash and Burn Agriculture is a type of farming method involving cutting and burning trees and other plants in a forest or woods to make a field for farming in that area. The field made by cutting and burning the plants is called a Swidden. The term ‘slash’ means cutting down vegetation, i.e., trees and plants. Then comes the ‘burning’ part, where the ground is set on fire to make the soil pest-free. In Bangladesh and India, this method is called Jhum or Jhoom. In India, it is mainly done in the Northeast region, which includes states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim.

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