Tribal farm families

The study highlights the extent of tribal farm women’s actively participation through various farm and household activities for livelihood security to their family life in rice based farming system. A study was undertaken in Narayanpur district in Bastar plateau of Chhattisgarh state to analyze the livelihood security through tribal farm women in rice based farming system and identify different farm development activities. The participations of tribal farm women in Narayanpur district mainly from rice cultivation, horticulture and animal husbandry activities were taken for the study.

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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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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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Agriculture is the backbone of the economy. India is a developing country and Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy. Agriculture and allied activities including crop and animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry and agro processing provides livelihood to the tribal farmers. Diversified farming defines when a farmer is engaged in a multitude of farm enterprises, it is referred to as diversified farming.

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In the present scenario of globalization, liberalization and privatization of agricultural sector, the sustainable development and empowerment of farm women is considered as a key factor for development of any country. According to the 2011 census of India, women constitute half of the total population. Participation of women in economic activities is now emerging as a universal phenomenon. Advancement of information and communication technologies created many opportunities for the development of talents of women in entrepreneurship activities.

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Pig farming is dispensable to the tribal folks of Manipur, India. In this study, we tried to establish baseline information on the socio-personal and socio-economical status of small scale tribal pig farmers in the state. Altogether, 400 tribal pig farmers, rearing ≥ 2 pigs were selected randomly and interviewed from 4 blocks of Senapati district, Manipur. The study showed that majority of tribal pig farmers (69.75%) belonged to middle age groups (31-50 years), followed by 19.25% young age groups (up to 30 years), and 11% old age groups (> 50 years), respectively.

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This study was undertaken to document the gendered access to assets, to assess and improve the nutritional status of tribal women and children, to facilitate capacity building and skill upgradation through need based and sustainable interventions for improving livelihood and to document the impact. The sample of the study include 160 tribal families from two clusters of tribal villages in Shamakhunta block in Mayurbhanj district and R. Udayagiri block of Gajapati district in Odisha.

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In order to feed the country’s population in general and our state in particular, farming is a must and we shouldn’t leave any stone unturned to minimise the migrations from rural to urban and make agriculture so attractive for urbanites to move in the reverse direction.

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Tribal women play multiple roles in a family, primarily as mothers and housekeepers and also equally important roles as wage earners and agricultural producers. Tribal people are amongst the poorest population and experiencing extreme levels of health deprivation. Tribal follows very distinct dietary pattern and mainly rely upon locally available crops. Tribal women in India are at a great disadvantage due to illiteracy and ignorance. The present study was conducted in Khedbrahma and Poshina taluka of Sabarkantha district of Gujarat.

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The present study attempts to view the profile of tribal women farmers of Uttarakhand and their opinion towards farming as an occupation. The study was purposively conducted in Uttarakhand. From the state two districts and from each district two blocks were randomly selected. From each block two villages were selected randomly. And from each village 25 respondents were randomly selected. To rank the opinion at aggregate level, Garrettt’s Ranking Technique was used. The results showed that majority (46 %) of overall respondents belongs to young age category and majority (34.

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