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title: "Jhumming (Shifting Cultivation): UPSC GS1 Guide"
description: "Jhumming is slash-and-burn shifting cultivation in Northeast India: how the jhum cycle works, why fallows shortened, and how it differs from settled farming."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Jhumming is a form of shifting cultivation practised in Northeast India in which forest patches are cleared, burned, cropped for a few years, and then fallowed for natural regeneration.
- Why has the jhum cycle shortened, and why does it matter?
- How is jhumming different from settled agriculture?
- What is the constitutional and legal status of jhum land?
- What is alder-based jhum and why is it promoted?

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