What are the different names of Shifting Cultivation?
(A) Jhuming
(B) Chinook
(C) Milpa
(D) Plantation agriculture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Jhuming — Correct.
(B) Chinook — Incorrect. Chinook is a local wind, not a way of farming.
(C) Milpa — Correct.
(D) Plantation agriculture — Incorrect. It is a different system: large estates growing one crop for profit.
NCERT (2026-27): “Primitive Subsistence Agriculture … Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics, especially in Africa, south and central America and south east Asia …. The vegetation is usually cleared by fire, and the ashes add to the fertility of the soil. Shifting cultivation is thus, also called slash and burn agriculture. … It is prevalent in tropical region in different names, e.g. Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.” |