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Exploring the status of ethnic tribal value addition practices of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) in Garo Hills of Meghalaya, India

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Title Exploring the status of ethnic tribal value addition practices of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) in Garo Hills of Meghalaya, India
 
Creator Sangma, T J T
Lahiri, B
Suresh, C P
Kumar, S T Pavan
 
Subject Ethnic practices
Garo Hills
Jackfruit
Utilisation pattern
Value addition
 
Description 245-254
Jackfruit gets wasted to the tune of $5.8 million every year from 0.4-0.5 million jackfruit trees in Garo Hills due to lack of suitable
infrastructure, limited scientific know-how regarding processing and storage, and restricted market access. The study aims to explore
the status of jackfruit cultivation and utilisation of locally available jackfruit and to document the value addition practices followed by
ethnic tribal communities in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, India, to augment the standardisation of the sustainable value addition
practices for the region. The study was conducted in all five districts of Garo Hills. Two blocks from each district were selected
through a simple random sampling method. Twenty respondents from each selected block were selected through the snowball
sampling method, thereby making a total of 200 respondents. Identification and documentation of ethnic value addition practices of
tribal communities were done through Focused Group Discussion with the relevant stakeholders. Data were analysed with descriptive
statistics and Duncan Multiple Range Test. The average wastage percentage was more than half of the jackfruit production in Garo
Hills, as very few respondents (30.5%) engaged in value addition practices and due to negligible marketing of raw jackfruit (3970 kg).
Identification, documentation of ethnic value addition practices, and their utilisation study provide a clear indication of the need for
standardisation of these value addition practices through laboratory research to befit the local demand and outside market as well.
 
Date 2023-06-28T12:51:34Z
2023-06-28T12:51:34Z
2023-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62203
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v22i2.53141
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.23: A23L 19/00, A23L 2/02
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.22(2) [April 2023]