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Economic analysis of non-timber forest products in Kerala (Record no. 289379)

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fixed length control field	05030nam a22001937a 4500
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	630.33
Item number	JER/EC PG
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Jerin, V A
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Economic analysis of non-timber forest products in Kerala
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc	Vellayani
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture
Date of publication, distribution, etc	2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	136p.
502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE
Dissertation note	M Sc
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Abstract	The present study entitled “Economic analysis of Non-Timber Forest Products <br/>(NTFPs) in Kerala” was carried out in the Department of Agricultural Economics, <br/>College of Agriculture, Vellayani during the period 2019-21 to study the types and <br/>quantities of NTFPs collected in Kerala and to study the price behaviour of selected <br/>NTFPs. Analysis of factors influencing income from NTFP collection and identification<br/>of the marketing channels for major NTFPs in Kerala were also envisaged in the study.<br/>The study was mainly done in Kerala using secondary data collected from <br/>KSFSDCL and from Kerala Forest Headquarters while the primary data collection was <br/>from Wayanad district as it was the district having the largest NTFP collection in Kerala. <br/>Wayanad district comprised of two forest divisions namely North Wayanad forest <br/>division and South Wayanad forest division. NTFP collection was more from South <br/>Wayanad forest division. From the South Wayanad forest division all the three forest <br/>ranges were selected for the study namely Kalpetta, Meppady and Chedalath.<br/>It was observed from the survey that young people (upto 35 years) were more <br/>involved in NTFP collection than other age groups. Among the NTFP collectors, 96.67 <br/>per cent of the family heads were males while only a few (3.33 %) were females. Many <br/>of the NTFP collectors (47 %) had only lower and upper primary education (upto seventh<br/>standard). The average family size of the collectors was less than four. Nearly 56.67 per <br/>cent of NTFP collectors were daily wage earners.<br/>Out of the total 140 NTFPs collected in Kerala, 97 (69.28 %) were mainly used <br/>for medicinal purpose. On an average 39.24 lakh kilograms of NTFPs yielded a revenue <br/>of ₹ 3.33 crores each year. Of the total NTFP collection, highest revenue of ₹ 63.57 lakh/<br/>year was obtained from honey, while the major quantity of production was from Sida <br/>cordifolia (2.43 lakh kg/ year).<br/>Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) analysis was employed to analyse the <br/>price behaviour of NTFPs in Kerala from 2000-01 to 2019-20. The result indicated that <br/>136<br/>the NTFP collection showed a declining trend of -11.6 per cent annually over the years in <br/>Kerala. On the contrary, the revenue from NTFP sales showed an increasing trend of 4.55 <br/>per cent annually during the same period. This reflected increasing prices of NTFPs over <br/>the years from 2000-01 to 2019-20.<br/>Multiple linear regression and factor analysis were employed to identify the <br/>factors influencing income from NTFP collection. It was revealed that annual income <br/>from agriculture, man days per year spent for agricultural activity and man days per year <br/>spent for other income earning activities were the factors found to be significantly<br/>influencing income from NTFP collection. The results from factor analysis revealed that <br/>factor 1, factor 2 and factor 3 were the important factors affecting NTFP collection as <br/>these three factors could explain about nearly 90 per cent of variance of the data.<br/>Marketing of NTFPs was done in Wayanad district mainly through four channels. <br/>Out of 21 NTFPs collected from Wayanad, 17 NTFPs were marketed through channel I, <br/>while rest of the NTFPs were marketed through channel II, III and channel IV. The <br/>analysis of price spread revealed that marketing cost and marketing margin were more in <br/>Channel-II. The KSFSDCL facilitated auction of the NTFP products and the major buyer <br/>was Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Company, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal.<br/>It could be concluded from the study that marketing of honey was vibrant through <br/>Vana Samrakshana Samithi (VSS) in Kalpetta range only. So revitalizing the functioning <br/>of VSS in Meppady and Chedalath ranges would enhance marketing of honey which is <br/>the major facilitator of revenue through NTFPs in Kerala. Introduction of incentives to <br/>collectors would help them in increasing the NTFP collection, thereby increasing income <br/>of households. It was found from the study area that selling of NTFPs is vested with <br/>Government agencies only. So inclusion of private parties would enhance the competition <br/>in marketing of NTFPs. It was also observed that NTFP collectors were trained only for <br/>collection and primary level processing of NTFPs. So capacity building training <br/>programs can be given for the value addition of NTFPs to reduce the damages and to <br/>improve the quality of these products.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Agricultural Economics
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Economic analysis
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Non-timber forest products
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Paul Lazarus, T (Guide)
856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier	https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810225206
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme	Dewey Decimal Classification
Item type	Theses

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	Reference Book	KAU Central Library, Thrissur	KAU Central Library, Thrissur	Theses	25/04/2022	630.33 JER/EC PG	175319	25/04/2022	Theses