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SUSTAINABILITY OF JHUM CULTIVATION AS PERCEIVED BY THE TRIBAL PEOPLE OF TRIPURA AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD STATUS

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Title SUSTAINABILITY OF JHUM CULTIVATION AS PERCEIVED BY THE TRIBAL PEOPLE OF TRIPURA AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD STATUS
 
Creator JAYASREE, DATTA
 
Contributor GANGADHARAPPA, N R
 
Subject vegetables, planting, fruits, hybrids, yields, environmental factors, developmental stages, biological phenomena, thinning, cultivation
 
Description Jhum cultivation by the tribal people in Northeast India is considered as sustainable land use practice for ensuring livelihood security. Hence, the study was conducted in Gomati district, Tripura state of Northeast India during 2012-13 with 140 respondents aiming to study the sustainability of Jhum practiced by tribal people and their livelihood status. The sustaibnable practices followed by the tribals are zero tillage, hand sowing, hand weeding, cultivation in rainfed condition, mixed cropping, growing of cereals and vegetable crops, organic fertilizer use, cultural methods of pest and disease control and use of hand tools for harvesting. The findings also revealed that 36.43 and 42.14 per cent of tribals perceived sustainability level of Jhum is high and medium respectively. Education, family size, area under Jhum, annual income, cosmopoliteness, material possession, extension participation had positive and significant relationship with sustainability level. Further, area under Jhum, family member involved in Jhum, fallow period, cosmopoliteness had contributed for 75.4 per cent variation in their perception on sustainability level. The study also revealed that 39.29 and 36.42 per cent of tribals practicing Jhum had low and medium livelihood status respectively. Education, number of family member involved in Jhum, area under Jhum, annual income, material possession had positive significant relationship with livelihood status. Area under Jhum and number of family member involved in Jhum had contributed most for 54.2 per cent variation in livelihood status of tribal people. Jhum can be more sustainable if livelihood security for tribal people is ensured with other income generation activities.
 
Date 2016-11-11T13:56:08Z
2016-11-11T13:56:08Z
2013-07-18
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Th-10486
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/85116
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK