Discuss some of the local terms and cultivation process of swidden agriculture.

1. In India, Dhya, denda, Bewar, Nevad, Jhum, Podu, Khandad and Kumri are some of the local terms for swidden agriculture.
2. In shifting cultivation

(i). Parts of the forest are cut and burnt in rotation.
(ii) Seeds are sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rains,
(iii) The crop is harvested by October-November.
(iv) Such plots are cultivated for a couple of years and then left fallow for 12 to 18 years for the forest to grow back.
(v) A mixture of crops is grown on these plots.

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