(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved towRead more
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved toward Konkan area manured the fields and fed on the stubble.
(6) In recent years nomads have been migrating to Haryana where sheep can graze on agricultural fields aft’er the harvests are cut. This is the time that the fields need manure that the animals provide. Environmentalists have recognised that pastoral nomadism is a form of life that is perfectly suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world.
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests' they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burRead more
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests’ they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it difficult for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government banned shifting cultivation. As a result, many communities were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests. Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions. The condition of forest communities deteriorated.
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics
caused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved towRead more
(i) Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another to earn their living. (ii) Advantages to the environment of their continuous movement are as follows : (o) The continuous movement allows the pastures to recover; it prevents their overuse. For example, Dhangar flocks of Maharashtra moved toward Konkan area manured the fields and fed on the stubble.
See less(6) In recent years nomads have been migrating to Haryana where sheep can graze on agricultural fields aft’er the harvests are cut. This is the time that the fields need manure that the animals provide. Environmentalists have recognised that pastoral nomadism is a form of life that is perfectly suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world.
Explain how the changes in the forest management in the colonial period affected the shifting cultivators,
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests' they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burRead more
European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests’ they felt that land which was used for cultivation, every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. Not only this, when a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it difficult for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government banned shifting cultivation. As a result, many communities were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests. Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions. The condition of forest communities deteriorated.
See lessWhat is a famine?
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
A famine is characterised by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics
See lesscaused by forced use of contaminated water or decaying food and loss of body. resitance due to weakening from starvation.
Mention any two anti-poverty programmes adopted by the government.
(l) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NERGA) 2005. (ii) National Food for Work programme.
(l) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NERGA) 2005.
See less(ii) National Food for Work programme.
What did Mahatma Gandhi say about the poor and poverty in India?
Mahatma Gandhi said that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering.
Mahatma Gandhi said that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering.
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