correct answer is  - North - Eastern region.

Concept:

Shifting Cultivation:

• Shifting cultivation is a form of agricultural practice in which farmers clear an area of land by slashing vegetation and burning forests for agricultural purposes.
• This practice is also known as slash-and-burn agriculture or slash-and-burn cultivation.
• Shifting cultivation is called by different names in different parts of India.

Salient features of shifting agriculture -

• Forest land is cleaned and ashes are added to the soil.
• it is also called Jhum agriculture.
• It is also known as fire-fallow cultivation.
• Cultivated spots/areas are usually small.
• Short periods of crop occupation alternate with long fallow periods.
• Field rotation is practised instead of crop rotation.

Explanation:

Shifting Cultivation is a type of subsistence farming in which farmer cultivates on a plot of land temporarily, and when he finds the land infertile to grow due to soil exhaustion, they move on to another plot.

It is largely practised in the north-eastern region of India, including Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, etc. This way of farming is also known as "Jhum Kheti".