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1.Can you name the type of farming Rinjha's family (in a small village at the outskirts of Diphu in Asom) is engaged in?    2.Can you enlist some crops which are grown m such farming (Jhumming)?   3. Can you name some of the states of India where such  farming (Jhumming) is practised?   4. Can you give some more examples of crops which may be commercial in one region and may provide subsistence in another region?

Answer:

1.Primitive subsistence farming.   2.Cereals like bajra and rice as well as vegetables/food crops to sustain their family. 3.Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Asom and other North-Eastern states, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and others. 4.An example is wheat which is a commercial crops in Punjab Haryana and Western region of Uttar Pradesh, but is a subsistence crop in Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Bihar.