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A study was undertaken on the Zabo System which is practiced by the Chakaseang tribes in the Phek district of Nagaland and compared with the most popular farming system known as shifting cultivation which is largely practiced in the NEH Region. The Zabo-System is a unique system. Success of this system is mainly guided by demand driven forces as its location comes under the rain-shadow zone. The practices of cultivation are now called "Zabo" meaning the impounding of water". The system includes well planned water harvesting tanks in the middle of the individual field and the run of water from the upper catchment area taken directly to the field to grow paddy crops and for the rearing of fish. Soil fertility is maintained by growing azolla and incorporating legumes/leaves crops in the paddy field which is available in the nearby forest. Cattle sheds are also made on the top of the water tank/terrace and cowdung, urine is directly diverted to the field...