For decades, shifting cultivation or jhum, has been framed as an ecological liability. Government narratives, development programmes, and sections of academic discourse have consistently positioned it as a driver of deforestation, soil degradation, and air pollution.

Bilsiantian February aro April jarangni gisepo Salgro-salaram  a•brini districtrang jolgimikon a•ba so•grimtoka. Uachin balwani rokomko nosto ong•ata ine ru•utbeaonin talsrangede u•ijaha. Gital am•sandianichi da•osa...

Honchun Ngandam, MLA and Advisor to the Minister for PWD, has appealed to the Wancho community in the Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) region to gradually move away from the traditional practice of jhum (shifting) cultivation and adopt sustainable farming methods.

The East Garo Hills Soil and Water Conservation Department, in collaboration with local stakeholders, including Nokmas, organised a one-day awareness-cum-sensitization programme on the Simsang River Basin at DRDA Hall-I, Williamnagar, on Monday. Soil and Water Conservation Minister Marcuise N Marak attended the event as the chief guest.

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Solutions to the age-old practices of shifting cultivation or Jhum cultivation, posing environmental challenges, must be found delicately as it’s intertwined with the socio-economic-cultural identities of many tribal communities of the northeast.