SHIFTING CULTIVATION

 

Shifting Cultivation

Names in different parts of the World

DEFINITION

A form of agriculture, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.

A form of land use among resource poor communities with a rotation of cultivation and fallow in the same unit of land.

India

Jhum – N.E. India

Kumri- W. Ghats

Watra- S.E. Rajasthan

Podu/Dabi/Koman/

Bringa- Odisha

Pendar/Bewar/Dahia/

Deppa/Kumri- Bastar

Nevad-

Khandad-

Asia

Lading- S.E. Asia

Ladang- Indonesia/Malaysia

Caingin- Phillipines

Ray- Vietnam

Taungya- Myanmar

Tamrai- Thailand

Hamah- Java

Chena- Sri Lanka

    Other

Milpa- Mexico & Central America

Roca-   Brazil

Mosale- Congo & Central Africa

Conuco- Venezuela

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