nandini

The people of Chizami village do terrace farming.

Answer: Chizami is a village in Phek district in Nagaland. The people of this village do terrace farming. They have their own individual fields. But, they also work collectively in each other’s fields.

The traditional form of shifting cultivation i.e. jhum, is the method of cultivation that is widely practiced across Nagaland. Jhum occupies about 90% of the area under agriculture.

Ans. Following steps are taken to control the soil erosion in hilly areas: (i) Contour ploughing: this refers to ploughing along contour lines. (ii) Terrace farming: construction of steps along the hilly areas by cutting the rock layers to reduce the flow of rivers. (iii) Plugging of gullies to prevent gully erosion.

Answer: Mizoram because of mountains present there.

Western and central Himalayas have well developed terrace farming.

There are three kinds of terraces (a) bench terraced farmlands; (b) sloping terraced farmland; (c) combination level terraced farmlands and natural slope land. Bench terrace is the basic type of farmland in mountains. A bench terrace with its level platform and projected or ridged rim may hold rainwater for irrigation.

state of IndiaNagaland, state of India, lies in the hills and mountains of northeastern part of the country. It is one of the smaller states of India.

Agriculture being the main occupation, more than 80 per cent of the Naga people are subsistence farmers, who practises jhum cultivation and the Naga way of life revolves around this system of cultivation which governs most of their life, culture and tradition.

InceptisolsThe most important type of soil that covers about 66 percent of the land area of Nagaland are the Inceptisols. The soil textures consists of fine clay, clay loamy and the fine loamy clay.