Traditional crop husbandry and other allied activities of Jhumias Tribes in Tripura

In Tripura, all the tribes are commonly called as Jhumias because they mainly depend on Jhum or shifting cultivation for their livelihood. Not only that, the socio-cultural life-pattern of the tribal communities is woven in such a way that it corresponds to this practice of cultivation. The Jhumias adopt primitive methods of food gathering or food production and make various traditional handicrafts. The paper documents the traditional system of crop husbandry and allied activities of tribals in Tripura.