Landuse/Landcover

Drastic changes in landuse in Mizoram, caused by both increasing population and shifting cultivation have been noticed recently. Population pressure in upland areas and the hills has led to the expansion of agricultural areas inside evergreen forests and mixed forests dominated by bamboo. Bamboo grows everywhere with varying intensity of growth depending upon when the jhum was last practiced. Slope cultivation or jhum cultivation is the principal landuse. Mixed cropping of maize, rice, vegetables, chillies, cotton and tobacco is practiced.
Last Updated: February 6, 2013