[PDF] Top 20 Shifting Cultivation And Colonial Forest Policy In Assam

... The colonial Assam includes all those areas ...present Assam comprising the two valleys of Brahmaputra and Barak valley, Tripura and ...of Assam had undergone significant changes after the ... See full document

... of forest due to exploitation of forest species and diversion of forestland for other ...the forest of the district has undergone continuous degradation due to exploitation of timber, firewood, food, ... See full document

... The shifting of cultivation is practiced by tribal people for cultivating paddy, buck wheat, maize, millets, tobacco, and ...The shifting of cultivation in India is known as jhum in ... See full document

... Number of families member involved: In Jhuming operation starting from selection of land, cutting, burning and cleaning Jhum land, sowing of crop and finally harvesting. It was found that Number of families’ member ... See full document

... 10. In a limited area, say a village or a cooperative, the crops should be time-scheduled to get a daily reasonably uniform production to avoid glut on a day, this is required to meet the commensurate demand. One cannot ... See full document

... of Assam are among the most backward and exploited tribes in ...to Assam by the British government giving them false assurance regarding easy work, ideal condition of work, better pay and unlimited land for ... See full document

... of shifting cultivation also known jhum cultivation in North East India is considered, the oldest and the most common form of economic activities of tribal communities including the Thadou-Kukis of ... See full document

... the colonial authorities and this endeavour laid the foundations of agricultural diversification in some parts of the ...for cultivation and ...oranges’ cultivation was embraced by the people of the ... See full document

... As these immigrants tried to acquire more and more land by hook or crook it led to the rapid growth of population in Assam. M. Kar observes that “new comers (immigrants) were turbulent in nature and when they ... See full document

... Website: www.aarf.asia. Email: editoraarf@gmail.com , editor@aarf.asia Page 47 From the Govt. point of view, any proposal to restrict inter-provincial migration was not acceptable. It always wanted to enhance its ... See full document

... The Colonial Office told Jardine not to panic and gave out calm assurances that: the Tanganyika government could still function on a surplus balance as low as £364,000 if the worse came to the ... See full document

... Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura (Saikia & Khan ...Upper Assam, the species is commonly cultivated in home gardens in association with other valuable plants for ... See full document

... in forest management in the form of community forest and protected forest, and thereby local rules, governance and institutions responsible for managing forest ...Third, shifting ... See full document

... cultivation also has been known as comprising mixed cropping where different kind of crops are grown together to minimize risks and pro- vide maximum production from all sources. In- terception of precipitation in ... See full document

... The study is mainly based on primary data. Kaziranga and Manas National Park of Assam are two important World Heritage Site of the state. There are around 210 (60 in Manas and 150 in Kaziranga) fringe villages in ... See full document

... Central Assam District of Nagaon (spelled by the British as Nowgong) is one of the largest districts of ...Upper Assam districts of Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia with the North ... See full document

... No significant difference of SOC between EXPTL and CTRL at all three soil layers (table 1) during the course of study may be due to con- sideration of the pre- and post- cultivation data in the analysis. Out of ... See full document

... Several studies have documented the importance of eucalyptus among rural households, especially in Asia [13] [19] [21] [22] [26] [32]. These studies show that eucalyptus cultivation and utilization are essential ... See full document

... (Fig.-5). On the other hand, open forest covers more than half of the area located all the physiographic features of South Garo Hill district. Betel nut, chestnut, strawberry, tea estate and rubber plantation ... See full document

... the Forest Department to acquire VCF for afforestation projects by claiming that these are mere “jungles” situated on state lands (Adnan & Dastidar, ... See full document