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Tuber Crops Based Farming System: A Way forward for Livelihood Options of Nicobari Tribes in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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Title Tuber Crops Based Farming System: A Way forward for Livelihood Options of Nicobari Tribes in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
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Creator V. Damodaran
M. Sankaran
L.B. Singh
T. Subramani
I. Jaisankar
James George
S. Dam Roy
 
Subject Tuber crops
Nicobari Tribes
farming systems
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 
Description Not Available
The Nicobari tribal community is generally conservative as far as food resources are concerned. They
mainly rely on coconut, tuber crops, pig and marine fisheries for their livelihood. The traditional method
of cultivation and utilization of tuber crops by these people have been acquired from their ancestors.
They use the virgin land for establishment of coconut plantations and they rarely practice mixed
cropping involving coconut, tuber crops, spices and fruit crops due to lack of planting materials and
scientific cultivation practices of tuber crops based farming system. Central Island Agricultural Research
Institute (CIARI) has made an effort to impart scientific knowledge on tuber crops cultivation and
utilization through participatory mode under All India Coordinated Research Project on Tuber Crops for
past two years (2014-15 and 2015-16). The model comprises of 300 m2 of fenced area in the
vicinity of the tribal settlement and integrated with piggery unit at Harminder Bay, Little Andaman.
After sensitization program on tuber crops based farming system under Tribal Sub Plan of AICRP on
Tuber Crops, the farmers (15 members) were given the planting materials of elephant foot yam,
ginger, poultry chicks and piglets. In addition, they also used their own seed tubers of Nicobari Aloo,
Colocasia and setts of Cassava for tuber production. From the tuber crop based farming system the
tribal farmers have generated an amount of Rs. 9,870 to Rs. 16,678 from crop component and from Pigs
they generated approximately Rs.21,000 to Rs. 66,500. The total income generated from the system
ranged from Rs. 30,870 to Rs. 79,018 at Harminder Bay. From this farming system highest B: C ratio was
recorded from pig farming (2.69) followed by ginger cultivation (2.11) and in the combination of pig
and crops the B:C ratio was (2.36). The intervention has made visible impact like increase in income,
livelihood improvement and employment generation of the tribal farmers and hence, more tribal
youths have come forward to adopt the tuber crops based farming system as their livelihood options.
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Date 2019-05-23T11:00:50Z
2019-05-23T11:00:50Z
2016-12-18
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
0378-2409
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/19814
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available;
 
Publisher Indian Society for Root Crops