INDIAN AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
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Economy that solely depends upon animals
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Farming in which’ only one crop is cultivated by clearing hill slopes
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Practice of growing crops on higher hill slopes in summer and foothills in winter
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Seasonal migration of people with their animals up and down the mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is seasonal movement of people and their herds from valley to mountain and vice versa. Transhumance is the seasonal movement of livestock (such as sheep) between mountain and lowland pastures either under the care of herders or in company with the owners.
Detailed explanation-2: -Migration from mountains to the plane due to sheep herding is called transhumance. It is the action or practice of moving livestock from one place to other for the sake of grazing seasonally. It usually follows seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (vertical transhumance), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in valleys.