(India, agriculture) The practice of cutting down and burning the vegetation from an area of forest in order to create farmable land.
Jhumming consists during its first stage, clearance of the shrubs, surface soil with the undergrowth at the autumn season, while the conservation of the ashes for manuring is practiced during February or March. After felling the jungle, …
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