Attitude of farmers towards shifting cultivation in selected districts of Nagaland state

Shifting cultivation, also known as Jhum (slash and burn), is an old-age cultivation practice that has been practiced by the indigenous people of hilly states north-eastern part India since time immemorial. now thought to be a natural exploitative system where land resources are not managed optimally. It one primary contributors deforestation inefficient use with low productivity return on investment, according Gupta, 2005. An attempt was made measure attitude farmers towards shifting in selected districts Nagaland state sample size 120 respondents. The Khuhly Mishra (2016) scale used for measuring farmers’ attitudes cultivation. respondents were interviewed personally help structured interview schedule. majority (63.7%) had moderately favourable while 20% them highly 16.33 % findings.