10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERRACE CULTIVATION»
Discover the use of
terrace cultivation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
terrace cultivation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shifting
Cultivation in India
The main objectives of introducing terrace cultivation in the hill areas are to save
the soil from erosion and to provide the shifting cultivators with permanent
cultivable land. It is expected that production of crops, particularly paddy under
terrace ...
2
Glimpses of Indian Agriculture: Macro and Micro Aspects
adopted terrace cultivation along with jhuming. In Manipur, the Tangkhul and
Mao Nagas adopted terrace cultivation. This indicates sufficiently that some hill
tribes in the North-Eastern region adopted terrace cultivation for raising food
crops for ...
S. M. Jharwal, R. S. Deshpande, Vijay Paul Sharma, 2007
3
Resource Conservation and Food Security: An Indian Experience
Terrace Cultivation Terrace cultivation is relatively a modern method practiced by
preparing terraced fields. The complete hillside is cut to prepare the terrace fields
. Normally the terrace are so graduated that water flows down continuously ...
4
Population Pressure and Responses in
Terrace Cultivation in ...
This monograph explains the survival strategies of mountain farmers.
It is not clear how the five-year cycle would respond without manure and fertiliser.
On balance, a 10-year cycle at both the lower and higher elevations appears to
be the best on the basis of energy output : input relationships. Terrace cultivation
...
6
Socio-cultural History of Shüpfomei Naga Tribe: A Historical ...
There are two methods of cultivation which is still carried out in modern times i.e.
shifting (jhuming farming) and terrace cultivation (using traditional implements).
5.2.2. TraditionaI Farming The external changes taking place in Shupfomei ...
7
National Integration in Historical Perspective: A Cultural ...
Setting aside wet paddy cultivation in Bengal and Orissa, another form of
cultivation namely terrace cultivation was operated in the hilly areas of Bengal,
Chhotanagpur plateau of Bihar and in Assam. This Type of cultivation was very
popular in ...
Rabindra Nath Chakraborty, 1985
8
The History of Agriculture
Terrace cultivation is a method of growing crops on the sides of hills or mountains
by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope. Though labour—intensive,
the method has been employed effectively to maximize arable land area in ...
Britannica Educational Publishing, Gorlinski, Gini, 2012
9
Development of a Primitive Tribe: A Study of Didayis
Perhaps the Didayi because of circumstantial necessity learnt and borrowed the
idea of terrace cultivation from Saora and Kondha tribal people. It has been
noticed that the Didayi of hilltop villages have taken into practice of terrace
cultivation.
Bhagyalaxmi Mahapatra, 2011
10
Cultural Geography, Form and Process: Essays in Honour of ...
This practice of terrace cultivation clearly suggests that the Kanets moved into
this area after developing the technique of terrace building and terrace cultivation
from the adjacent Himalaya where terrace cultivation has been widely practised.
Neelam Grover, Kashi N. Singh, 2004
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERRACE CULTIVATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
terrace cultivation is used in the context of the following news items.
Terrace cultivation catching up in Ongole
The city, which is in the hot race for location of capital for the successor State of Andhra Pradesh, is fast becoming a concrete jungle with mushrooming of ... «The Hindu, Apr 14»
Two new technologies to curb soil erosion
The other technology-riser protection- is meant for bench terrace cultivation. Usually, farmers develop straight cut terraces, which is vulnerable in rains. «Times of India, Jul 13»
Residents Of Jawahar Nagar Enthused About Terrace Cultivation
Trivandrum: A training and discussion session for the beneficiaries of the Karshika Karma Sena's Terrace Farming initiative was held at Jawahar Nagar Lower ... «Yentha, Jan 12»
