The traditional slash-and-burn cultivation in hilly areas of northeast India is known as jhum cultivation. It is often considered responsible for causing soil erosion, triggering landslide, flash floods and thereby degrading the primary land resource. The productivity is also reported to be very low. Further, it is also held responsible for causing forest fire, depletion of forest resource and degrading the environment. (Correspondence)
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/jhumming-traditional-lifestyle-merely-cultivation-method
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-s-rawat
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bomchak-riba
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/teniya-rina
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shifting-cultivation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/traditional-knowledge
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-biodiversity
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arunachal
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-siang
