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⏲ Duration: 15 min 98 sec ✓ Published: 04-May-2018
Description: ‘Jhum’ or ‘Shifting cultivation’ or ‘Slash & Burn Cultivation’ is an age-old farming practice prevalent amongst the indigenous communities of Northeast India. As per UNDP sources, nearly 75% of the cropped land in Nagaland is under Jhum cultivation, now considered an ecologically nonviable farming practice. However, Jhum is also an integral part of the Naga way of living, folk song and folk culture. Hence, efforts to withdraw Naga people from Jhum have all been futile. In 2010, L
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