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The ash obtained by burning trees in this type of cultivation is used as a fertiliser.

Jhum cultivation is also called shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture.

Recovery phase (the area is left for several years after cultivation) leads to deforestation.

Jhum cultivation is practiced by the tribal population of North eastern India.

answer is D.

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After deforestation and cultivation, the area is left for several years so as to allow its recovery phase. The farmers then move on to other areas and repeat this process. In earlier days, when Jhum cultivation was in prevalence, enough time-gap was given so that the land recovered from the effect of cultivation. With increasing population, and repeated cultivation, this recovery phase is done away with, resulting in deforestation.

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