HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Shifting cultivation is a mode of farming long followed in the humid tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. In the practice of “slash and burn”, farmers would cut the native vegetation and burn it, then plant crops in the exposed, ash-fertilized soil for two or three seasons in succession.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this form of agriculture, farmers clear a patch of land to produce cereals and other food crops. After cultivation, when the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift to a fresh patch of land for cultivation abandoning the previous land. This type of shifting allows nature to replenish the fertility of the soil.

Detailed explanation-3: -The major difference between the slash-and-burn system and shifting cultivation is in the length of time for which the land is used for agriculture. In the slash-and-burn system, the conversion is long-term, often permanent. Shifting cultivation is a more ephemeral use of the land for cultivation.

Detailed explanation-4: -So, the correct option is ‘Jhum cultivation’