Fostering Climate Resilient Upland Farming Systems in the North East (Mizoram and Nagaland States)

In India, the farmers of the states of Mizoram and Nagaland in the North-Eastern Region have been using a shifting cultivation system known as jhum.



Although the jhum has met the needs of rural communities as a source of food, fibre and energy, it has become unsustainable due to increasing...