A boy sits on a pile of freshly harvested pumpkins at a village in Chattogram Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh on Sept. 12, 2022. (Xinhua)
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The harvest season of Jhum, or shifting cultivation, is in full swing in Bangladesh's southeastern Chattogram Hill Tracts region, where small ethnic groups are harvesting their crops such as upland rice, vegetables, or fruits.
People living in the hills of Bangladesh still widely practice shifting cultivation as a dominant hill farming system to support their livelihood. In Jhum cultivation, multiple crops are sown in holes in April and they are harvested in succession when they are ripe between September to October.
A farmer carries a basket of bitter gourds at a village in Chattogram Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh on Sept. 12, 2022. (Xinhua)
A farmer dries paddy on a bamboo platform in front of a hut at a village in Chattogram Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh on Sept. 12, 2022. (Xinhua)
A farmer with a basket on his back harvesting Jhum paddy at a village in Chattogram Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh, on Sept.12, 2022. (Xinhua)
A man carries a basket full of bitter gourds at a village in Chattogram Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh, on Sept. 12, 2022. (Xinhua)
A man carries a basket full of pumpkins at a village in Chattogram Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh, on Sept. 12, 2022. (Xinhua) ■
