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Jhum cultivation a threat to enviornment [1]

The shifting cultivation by slash and burning of forests in hills, popularily known as jhumming, is being practised by the tribals of North Cachar Hills.This age old system of cultivation not only

Publication Date: 
25/05/1999
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
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Agriculture [3]
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