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'Shifting Cultivation is also named as ____ in North East India.

A

Ladang

B

Chena

C

Jhum

D

Logan

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Shifting Cultivation is also known as Jhum in North East India. Jhum cultivation, also known as slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and and burning them vegetation thereafter.
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