Jhum Cultivation Among the Maring Naga Tribe of Manipur: Towards Food Security and Ecological Sustainability

Contents: General Introduction. 1. Brief Historical Background of Maring Naga Tribe. 2. Analysis on Jhumming Cultivation and its Viability. 3. Jhumming Cultivation is Ecological Sustainability and its Debate on Scientific Development. 4. Theological Reflection on Ecological Sustainability in Deuteronomic Tradition. 5. Impacts of Christianity upon the Marings Society. Conclusion. Bibliography.

Jhum or shifting cultivation has been a traditional agricultural activity in tribal society since time immemorial. Today, it become one of the hot debates as it is blame to be responsible as for ecological crisis, global warming, climate change etc. all over the world. Here, the author clearly present jhum or shifting cultivation as an ecological sustainability and comparatively critique the Modern Industrial Society and it's impacts towards the ecological crisis. The readers will reflect the implications of both jhum or shifting cultivation and development of modern science and technology towards the ecological crisis.