Slash and burn agriculture is also known as _______ in Madhya Pradesh.

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

RRB NTPC CBT 2 (Level-2) Official Paper (Held On: 13 June 2022 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Bewar.

Key Points

Slash and burn agriculture is known as Bewar or Dahiya in Madhya Pradesh.
Slash and burn farming is a type of shifting agriculture in which the natural flora is cut down and burned to clear the ground for cultivation, and then the farmer moves to a new fresh plot and repeats the process when the plot becomes infertile.
This procedure is repeated again and again. Because the rainforest's riches are in the trees, the earth loses its fertility. Everything is broken down by soil organisms as leaves fall or trees die, nutrients are returned to the soil, and tree roots take them up again.
As a result, regular recycling ensures that everything remains fertile and grows.

Additional Information Different names of Slash and Burn farming in different states are:

Name	Regions
Jhumming	Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland
Pamlou	Manipur
Dipa	Bastar (Chhattisgarh) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Podu or Penda	Andhra Pradesh
Pama Dabi or Koman or Bringa	Orissa
Kumara	Western Ghats
Kuruwa	Jharkhand
Valre or Waltre	South eastern Rajasthan