Jhoom cultivation refers to

Options

A. Tribal people cultivating Jamun trees
B. Tribal people cultivating medicinal plants
C. Tribal people of north-east following slash – burn agriculture
D. Tribal people of north-east rearing eri silkworms using castor plant leaves

Answer

C

Explanation

Slash and burn farming or Jhum cultivation is a form of shifting agriculture where the natural vegetation is cut down and burned as a method of clearing the land for cultivation and then when plot becomes infertile the farmer moves to a new fresh plot.