Question

Podu is another name for what type of cultivation?
1. Intensive cultivation
2. Extensive cultivation
3. Mixed cultivation
4. Shifting cultivation

Answer 1

Hint: Cultivation means an act of raising the plants. Podu is the traditional system of cultivation used by the tribes in India. Agriculture is a very broad and wide sector that includes many other industries, such as forestry, livestock and fisheries.

Complete answer:
Podu is a type of cultivation used by the tribes of India, it is a traditional system of cultivation. The different areas of jungle forest are cleared each year by burning and providing land for crops. The word Podu has come from the telugu language.
Podu is in vishakhapatnam and involves clearing the jungle on hill slopes, such as burning the trees and crops are grown on ashes and the ashes are mixed in soil. When the fertility of the area is lost then they shift the place to a new place and grow the crops.
Podu cultivation is considered as a positive evil, but till now there is planned effort made to restrict or eradicate it. Podu cultivation is harmful for agriculture, rainfalls and forests.
Podu is another name for shifting cultivation which uses slash and burn methods.

The answer is 4. Shifting cultivation

Note:
Podu cultivation is an important part of the tribal economy and this method allows two to three annual crops and abandons the land until trees are grown sufficiently again and allow second filling. They continue this process until the land becomes bare and no more forests can be grown. The tribal peasants of Orissa have a long tradition of practicing Podu cultivation.