impact of non timber forest products on tribal economy of chhattisgarh

201 Pages·2016·55.42 MB·English

IMPACT OF NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS ON
TRIBAL ECONOMY OF CHHATTISGARH

Ph.D. THESIS

by

Ravi Shrey

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
INDIRA GANDHI KRISHI VISHWAVIDYALAYA,
RAIPUR (CHHATTISGARH)

2016
IMPACT OF NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS ON
TRIBAL ECONOMY OF CHHATTISGARH

Thesis

Submitted to the

Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur
by
Ravi Shrey

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF

Doctor of Philosophy
In
Agricultural Economics

ROLL NO: 20131418616 ID NO: 130113038

JULY, 2016

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor Dr.
Vijay Kumar Choudhary for the continuous support of my Ph.D. study and
research, for his patience, motivation, enthusiasm, and immense knowledge. His
guidance helped me in all the time of research writing of this thesis. I could not
have imagined having a better advisor and mentor for my Ph.D. study. Besides my
advisor, I would like to thank the rest of my thesis committee: Prof. Dr. A. K.
Kostha Dr. M. L. Lakhera and Dr. Lalji Singh, for their encouragement, insightful
comments, and hard questions.
I have immense pleasure in expressing my whole hearted sense of
gratitude and appreciation for Dr. K. N. S. Banafar, Professor and Head,
Department of Agricultural Economics, for providing me inspiring suggestions
and encouragement during the tenure of my Ph.D. study and investigation.
I would be ever grateful to the other members of my Advisory Committee,
Dr. A. K. Kostha, Principle Scientist (Department of Agricultural Ecomonics),
Dr. M. L. Lakhera, Professor (Department of Agricultural Statistics Mathematics
and Computer Science), and Dr. Lalji Singh, Professor and Head (Department
of Foresty) for providing proper guidance and encouragement throughout the
research work. Without their kind cooperation, it would not have been easy for me
to complete this manuscript.
I wish to record my grateful thanks to Dr. S. K. Patil, Hon’ble Vice
Chancellor, Shri K.C. Paikra Registrar, Dr. J.S. Urkurkar, Director Research
Services, Dr. S.S. Saw, Director of Instructions, Dr. S.S. Rao, Dean, College of
Agriculture, Raipur and Dr. M. Pandey, Librarian, Nehru library, IGKV, Raipur
for providing necessary facilities technical and administrative supports for
conductance of this research work.
I express my deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to University grant
commission for providing me National fellowship for S.T. students throughout my
Ph. D. programme. I also wish to record my grateful thanks to State forest
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Title Page
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES ix
ABSTRACT xi
I INTRODUCTION 1
II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 7
2.1 Pattern of growth in collection of major NTFPs 7
2.2 Economics of collection, consumption, income and 9
employment through NTFPs
2.3 Marketing pattern and price spread of major NTFPs. 17
2.4 Processing of NTFPs at primary level. 23
2.5 Constraints in collection, processing and marketing 26
of NTFPs.
III MATERIALS AND METHODS 29
3.1 Selection of district 29
3.2 Selection of blocks 29
3.3 Selection of villages 30
3.4 Selection of respondents (NTFPs collectors) 35
3.5 Selection of intermediaries 35
3.6 Period of enquiry 35
3.7 Method of enquiry and data Collection 36
3.8 Analytical tools 36
3.9 General profile of study area 39
3.10 Limitations of the study 50
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IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 51
4.1 General characteristics of sample households. 51
4.2 Compound annual growth rate and trend estimate of 53
major NTFPs
4.3 Economics of collection, consumption, primary 62
processing and marketing of major NTFPs in
Chhattisgarh as well as in selected districts
4.4 Disposal pattern of NTFPs by sampled household 88
in Chhattisgarh and sampled districts
4.5 Marketing channel, marketing cost and price 95
spread of major NTFPs in Chhattisgarh
4.6 Cost of primary processing and value addition of 117
major NTFPs in Chhattisgarh as well as sampled
districts
4.7 Constraints in collection, primary processing and 124
marketing of NTFPs in Chhattisgarh as well as in
sampled districts
V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 133
5.1 Summary and conclusion 133
5.2 Suggestions for enhancing income from NTFPs 137
5.3 Suggestions for future research work 138
REFERENCES 139
APPENDICES
Appendix A 147
Appendix B 151
Appendix C 158
Appendix D 166
RESUME 167

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LIST OF TABLES
Table Title Page
1.1 Status of trade of non-timber forest products in Chhattisgarh 4
3.1 District wise forest cover of Chhattisgarh 30
3.2 Sampled districts, blocks and villages 35
3.3 A brief profile of Chhattisgarh state 43
3.4 A brief profile of Rajnandgaon district 45
3.5 Demographic and administrative profile of Dantewada district 47
3.6 A brief profile of Sarguja district 49
4.1 General profile of sampled tribal household at selected districts as 52
well as state
4.2 Compound growth rate of collection of NTFPs in Chhattisgarh and 57
sample districts
4.3 Estimated trend of NTFPs collection in Chhattisgarh and selected 61
districts from 2001-02 to 2015-16
4.4 Average collection, consumption, selling, income and employment 67
of sampled household from NTFPs in Chhattisgarh
4.5 Average collection, consumption, selling, income and employment 73
of sampled household from NTFPs in Rajnandgaon district
4.6 Average collection, consumption, selling, income and employment 77
of sampled household from NTFPs in Dantewada district
4.7 Average collection, consumption, selling, income and employment 83
of sampled household from NTFPs in Sarguja district
4.8 Overall disposal pattern of NTFPs by sample households in 88
Chhattisgarh
4.9 Overall disposal pattern of NTFPs by sample households in 92
Rajnandgaon district
4.10 Overall disposal pattern of NTFPs by sample households in 93
Dantewada district
4.11 Overall disposal pattern of NTFPs by sample households in 94
Sarguja district
4.12 Marketing channel observed for different NTFPs in Chhattisgarh 95
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4.13 Price spread of Mahua flower under different marketing channels 97
4.14 Price spread of Mahua seed under different marketing channels 98
4.15 Price spread of Tamarind under different marketing channels 100
4.16 Price spread of Chinonji seed under different Marketing Channels 104
4.17 Price spread of Tendu leaves under different Marketing Channels 105
4.18 Price spread of Sal seed under different Marketing Channels 106
4.19 Price spread of Harra under different Marketing Channels 110
4.20 Price spread of Baheda under different Marketing Channels 111
4.21 Price spread of Ber under different Marketing Channels 112
4.22 Price spread of Honey under different Marketing Channels 115
4.23 Average cost of primary processing and value addition of major 119
marketable NTFPs by tribes in Chhattisgarh
4.24 Average cost of primary processing and value addition of major 120
marketable NTFPs by tribes in Rajnandgaon district
4.25 Average cost of primary processing and value addition of major 121
marketable NTFPs by tribes in Dantewada district
4.26 Average cost of primary processing and value addition of major 122
marketable NTFPs by tribes in Sarguja district
4.27 Constraints faced by forest dwellers in collection of NTFPs 125
4.28 Constraints faced by forest dwellers in processing of NTFPs 130
4.29 Constraints faced by forest dwellers in marketing of NTFPs 131

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