Tribal agriculture

This investigation has been done on the basis of qualitative and quantitative data collected from primary sources and explored the differential perception of extent of usefulness of development programmes of the tribal agricultural labourers. The greatest number of respondents with high level of perception was observed in Kurichiya community. The Paniya community lie in between the Kattunaikan and Kurichiya community in their level of perception. The high level of perception is owed to their better mass media exposure, awareness about the developmental programmes and political orientation.

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Migration had a significant impact on the livelihood of tribes people. This had also affected the existing agriculture situation of tribal areas. The study revealed that more than half of the tribal migrants had high livelihood capital index after migration. Immense increase in physical capital of tribes people due to migration was obvious from study results.

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The union territory of Ladakh is a cold arid desert with a majority of tribal population. The agriculture season here is limited for a few months owing to the harsh climatic conditions. In this extremely tough terrain; a farm women; Padma Dolkar from a remote village Chemday situated in district Leh of this region has taken the challenges of this harsh and tough terrain head-on.

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The present study was conducted in Mandla and Dindori Districts of Madhya Pradesh. The study revealed that, among the different activities of ATMA programme, most oftenly (47.33%) of respondents participated in group organized programme of Mandla district...

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This paper tries to examine the media habits among women organic farmers, to know the time given to each media by women and to find out the popular media among women. For the present research multi stage sampling design was used. The sample consists of 122 women farmers and the Pre-tested questionnaire was used for collection of information. The data reveals that majority of the respondents spend one hour for every media and the interesting finding of the study indicates that 62.29% of the respondents do not accessed internet at all. Only 0.

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Indigenous technology knowledge (ITK) refers to the exclusive, old-style, local thinking present and developed in and around the explicit situations of men and/or women native to a specific terrestrial area. Lots of indigenous agricultural know-how is available with the farming communities especially in tribal people of Tripura.

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The present study was conducted in Sahapur and Bhimpur block were purposively selected based on tribal area of Betul district of M.P. The total sample was consisted 120 respondents for the study. Objective of study is to study the profile of tribal farmers, and to seek suggestive measure to minimize the ill effect of agrochemical as perceived by tribal farmers.

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This study was conducted in Adilabad, Khammam and Warangal districts of Telangana. Ex post-facto research design was followed in this study, since different variables chosen for the study had already occurred. An effort was made to document the indigenous technology of tribal farmers. For testing the rationality of the ITKs, a questionnaire containing lists of ITKs was prepared and exposed to the scientists for judging their rationality and validity on a three point scale wherein, 3 is rational, 2 undecided and 1 is irrational.

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A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2013-14to 2015-16 on sandy clay loam soil at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Chintapalli, Andhra Pradesh to find out the efficient weed management practices of rajmash crop in high altitude and tribal zone. The experiment consists of twelve treatments involving different chemical combinations.

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The present investigation was carried out at Gadchiroli Tahsil of Gadchiroli Dist. during the year 2016–17 under sanctioned project by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi entitled as “Hope generation in livestock owners of tribal area under two blocks of Gadchiroli district through training and demonstration of scientific livestock management practices” to the Section of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Nagpur.

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Vegetables make a major portion of human diet. Though the vegetable requirement is 300g/day/person, we are able to meet about 1/9th of the requirement only. A large number of vegetables in India have introduced. However, a planned development in a field of vegetable production will not only improve the nutritional requirement for masses but can also meet the challenge of adequate food supply to the growing population in India. Vegetable has become highly commercialized.

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The study was conducted on agriculture and livestock production among tribal farm families in two villages of Lunglei district of Mizoram in the year 2017. 80 nos. of tribal farm families were selected randomly as respondent for the study. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed in terms of frequency and percentage.

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Agriculture is the main livelihood option for the tribal of the district, which is characterised by small land-holdings, upland terrain, traditional cultivation practices, limited irrigation, poor water conservation measures, low productivity, limited crop diversification and low yields of food grains. Ninety three per cent of the population in the district is concentrated in rural areas and the economy is mostly based on agriculture and forest produce with very limited industrialisation.

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Ever since man came into being he has been using certain basic techniques for survival with respect to health, hygiene, food, clothing, shelter, agriculture and allied activities. These traditional methods or techniques are called as Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of a particular community and present a wide range of information in various aspects of life. Over the last two decades a lot of information has been generated globally with respect to ITK in all walks of life.

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Agroforestry is a dynamic and sustainable land management system of deliberately growing woody perennials along with agricultural crops on farmlands to secure both tangible and intangible benefits to the farmers.It plays a vital role in conserving our natural resources, thus it is a step towards sustainable productivity. The present study is the outcome of socio-economic diagnosis of traditional agroforestry practices followed by farmers in Gumla district of Jharkhand. Among cast categories ST (92.50%) was the most dominant caste followed by GEN (5.00%) whereas minimum SC (0.

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Tribal people are working hard in farming but due to unfertile and un-even land, lack of irrigation facilities, traditional methods of agriculture, illiteracy and poverty they are getting low income from farming as compared to other groups of people making it difficult for them to maintain their family need and living standard forcing them other economical occupation like, agriculture labour, construction work and seasonal works etc. The present study was conducted in two districts, namely, Banswara and Dungarpur of southern Rajasthan, having highest per cent of tribals in the state.

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The present study was undertaken with the objectives to find out the knowledge, adoption of improved practices promoted under Development of whole (Agriculture) tribal villages of TADP among the beneficiaries, opinion and the constraints faced by the beneficiaries of the service. The study was carried out in randomly selected four villages from tribal block Jadol. The sample consisted of 60 respondents (30 beneficiaries and 30 non-beneficiaries) selected on the basis of random sampling method.

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The present study was undertaken with the objectives to study the overall knowledge and adoption of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries towards agricultural services promoted under Triabl Area Development Programme and significant difference in knowledge and adoption for agricultural services. The study was carried out in randomly selected 24 villages from three tribal blocks.

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Tribal agriculture in India demands youth skilled in scientific farming. Tribal youth are active stake holders in agripreneurship design and can transform tribal communities on a sustainable basis. Lack of desired skills among tribal youth makes them vulnerable when compared to their rural and urban counterparts. Making them employable in various agricultural enterprises is a major challenge in front of the government as tribal youth face a plethora of problems which hinder their active participation.

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There is need of improved and innovative technology to raise production and productivity for enhancing efficiency of agriculture in NER. The Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) is a strategy for Socio-economic development and livelihood security of tribal people of Meghalaya. The study was conducted to assess the socio-economic status of the respondents and to analyze the tangible and intangible benefits of the interventions in Rongram block of West Garo Hills distrct of Meghalaya. A total sample of 120 respondents was drawn from the different technological components.

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