Agriculture
Agriculture
Class 10th NCERT Notes
Class 10th Agriculture Notes
Types of Farming
Primitive Subsistence Farming
Intensive Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
-Plantation Farming
Primitive Subsistence Farming
It is also known as ‘slash and burn agriculture’ and ‘shifting cultivation’.
Slash and Burn Agriculture is a type of primitive subsistence farming in which farmers clear a patch of land by cutting and burning vegetation, cultivate crops on it and shift to a new patch of land when the soil fertility decreases.
Slash and burn agriculture is known by different names in India and across the world.
Regional or Local Names in India:
S. No. | Regional or Local Name | Region or state |
1. | Jhumming | Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland |
2. | Pamlou | Manipur |
3. | Dipa | Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Island |
4. | Bewar or Dahiya | Madhya Pradesh, |
5. | Podu or Penda | Andhra Oradesh |
6. | Pama Dabi or Koman or Bringa | Odisha |
7. | Kumari | Western Ghats |
8. | Walre or Valtre | South Eastern Rajasthan |
9. | Khil | Himalaya Belt |
10. | Kuruwa | Jharkhand |
Regional or Local Names in Different Parts of World:
S. No. | Regional or Local Name | Region or country |
1. | Milpa | Mexico and Central America |
2. | Conuco | Venezuela |
3. | Roca | Brazil |
4. | Masole | Central Africa |
5. | Ladang | Indonesia |
6. | Ray | Vietnam |
Intensive Subsistence Farming: