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Why Jhumming is a primitive subsistence farming in India?
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Points to remember
Jhumming is considered as primitive subsistence farming because:
- Jhumming means slash-and-burn cultivation. Farmers produce crops for their own consumption .
- Practiced on small patches of the land with the help of traditional tools.
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Jhumming is considered as primitive subsistence farming because:
- The farmers only produce basic food grains for subsistence level
- This type of farming is practiced on a small patch of land and, farmers used primitive tools for cultivation.
Hence, Jhumming is regarded as simple subsistence farming.
