| Agriculture and Irrigation
The shifting cultivation which has come to be known as
Jhuming which means collective farming
occupies the central position in Arunachal Pradesh in the field
of agriculture. This is the form of cultivation that sustains majority
of the people in the area which is been practiced from earlier days.
Jhuming consist of clearing of a patch of jungle by cutting
and burning after a particular number of years called the jhum cycle,
dribbling seeds into the cleared patch by the help of a poker. Weeding
at least four times, watching and protecting the growing plants from the
wild animals and birds and finally harvesting a meager mixed
crop, normally just enough to feed the workers - men, woman and children
who had put in about 5 to 6 months of hard labour into the patch.
Paddy, millet and maize are the major crops. The indigenous
vegetables are sweet potatoes, brinjal, ginger, chillies, pumpkin, cucumber,
and local cowpea. Pine apple, oranges, lemon, lichi, papaya, banana and
peach walnut, almond etc are also grown in Arunachal.
Industry
The
state has several medium industries based on its forest products. Plants to
produce cement and fruit processing units have also come up in the
state. There are a number of craft training centres and the states handloom
industry has made good progress. The people are experts in cane and bamboo
basketry work. Wood carving and black smithy are found in certain
villages. Iron scrapers, spear head, and Daos required for
day-to-day use are made in several villages. Mineral resources
found in the state are clay, marble, lime stone, graphite, pyrite. Arunachal
Pradesh Mineral Developmemt and Trading Corporation Limited was set up
in 1991 and Namchik-Namphuk coal fields are under APMDTCL. The small scale
cottage industry consist weaving, cane and bamboo work and silver smithy
etc. To provide training to craftsmen there are two industrial training
institutes at Roing and Daporijo.
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