Question.
Can you name some Primitive Subsistence Farming?
( Chapter - 4 Agriculture, Cass X NCERT Contemporary India -II )
Answer.
Primitive subsistence farming is the cultivation of small pieces of land and the use of primitive tools such as a hoe, Khrupi, and digging sticks. Primitive subsistence farming agriculture depends on monsoon rainfall, natural soil fertility, and the suitability of crops to local climatic conditions.
Jhum farming is an example of primitive subsistence farming. It is also known as slash-and-burn agriculture.
Primitive subsistence farming practiced in the hilly regions of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Western Ghats, south-eastern Rajasthan, and Jharkhand.
Following are some of the names of Primitive subsistence farming in different parts of India:
Jhumming Cultivation: North East India
"Bewar" or Dahiya: Madhya Pradesh
Podu or Penda: Andhra Pradesh
Pama Dabi, Koman and Bringa: Odisha
Kumari: Western Ghats
"Valre" and "Waltre": South Eastern Rajasthan
Khil: Himalayan region
Kuruwa: Jharkhand
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