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Q.

Jhum cultivation is also known as ____.


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Jhum cultivation is also known as shifting cultivation. Jhum cultivation was done in forests on small patches of land. The cultivators cut the treetops so that the sunlight could completely reach the land and clear the land for cultivation. They burnt the vegetation. Ashes from the fire contained potash which was a good component for soil fertilisation. They used an axe to cut the trees and a hoe to scratch the soil and settle it. They did not sow seed by ploughing the land; they scattered it. When the crop was wholly grown, they moved to another place..
 
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