Q. The shifting cultivation method called jhum belongs to the category of

A) Industrial forestry
B) Agroforestry
C) Commercial forestry
D) Social forestry
Explanation

Agroforestry is a system of land use where woody perennials are deliberately used on the same land management units as annual agricultural crops for animals simultaneously or sequentially to obtain greater outputs. Two special methods of agroforestry are Taungya system in which crops are grown between trees and Jhum system or shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture.

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