| Sanction Date: | 21-12-2018 | |||
| Project Category | SG | |||
| Year | 2018-2019 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 9 Months project extension + 5 Months project extension | |||
| BTA : | Livelihood Options & Employment Generation | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Nagaland |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Nagaland University School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD) |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
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Local NGOs and Village Councils /Village Development Board (VDB) of the concerned area will be taken as implementing partner. Selection of these local institutions will be made after finalisation of the implementing area | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Sanjoy Das Nagaland University School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD) Medziphema Campus, Medziphema (Nagaland), |
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| Project Brief Description: | Nagaland is a small State of North East India with geographical area of 16,579 Sq. Km. and its population stands at nearly 20 lakhs as per the latest population Census, 2011. Nearly 90% of its total population belong to Scheduled Tribes. Its vast area is under forest and nearly 52% of area of total geographical area is under forest. Agriculture is the mainstay of its economy with a supplementary contribution from forestry and other non farm activities. Typical topography and undulating hills all throughout the State makes agricultural operations a bit complicated and old traditional practice of "Jhuming" i.e. shifting cultivation is considered as the main farming practices of its population. Irrespective of sex, people are habituated to work in the "Jhum" field for their day to day livelihood management and a vast area of the State is under "Jhum" cultivation. Hence, forest products play a significant role in the management of livelihood among the rural households of the State. In addition to timber and fuel wood, a good number of Non Timber Forest Products are available in the forest of the State that are contributing in a big way towards livelihood improvement. It is stated that women are very active and they are socially and economically more empowered in Nagaland than some other parts of our country. In rural area, almost all the rural women work in "Jhum" field that is located in the jungle and they return with a variety of products from their own field as well as from the jungle. Thus both men and women work in "Jhum" field and in the evening they return with a basket of products collected from the different jungle areas. In addition to their products from "hum" cultivation they derive a significant portion of their menu from this basket of products. Hence, a systematic study on these products and its quantification as well as its contribution towards their daily livelihood management is an important subject in a State like Nagaland. | |||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Rural tribal farmers dependent mostly on shifting cultivation and other forest products for livelihood. |
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| Activity Chart | Click Here | |||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 34,56,762.00 (Rupees: Thirty Four Lakh Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Two Only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| To study the stock of the different non timber forest products available in Nagaland, | Stock inventory of different NTFPs available in the state | Number of wild/jungles products documented (Nos.) |
| To assess the contribution of non timber forest products in maintenance of rural livelihood | Assessment report of NTFPs contribution towards livelihood management of tribal community | Number of datasets generated on NTFPs (Nos.) |
| Strategy for value addition and marketing of produce | The number of value added products promoted for marketing (Nos.) | |
| To study the pattern of collection, utilisation and sale of non timber forest products, | No. of region-specific best practices/ models/ technologies developed (Nos.) | |
| To study the avenues for value addition and market linkage for selling of non timber forest products, | Training/capacity building of rural tribal people (5 groups in each district of state) on ways to utilize NTFPs for their livelihood management | Total No. of Beneficiaries (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, etc.) |
| Problems and suggestions for extraction of non timber forest products for better livelihood management. | Policy/ strategic framework/ research article developed (Nos.) | |
| S.No. | Name (Sanctioned) | Qualification | Designation (Sanctioned) | Salary (Sanctioned) |
| 1. | 01 JRF | @ 25,000/- + HRA | ||
| 2. | 01 Field Assistants | @ Rs.10,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned) | Use of Equipment/ Details | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | 01 Laptop with printer (all in one), Camera -01 nos (high quality). | 1,30,000/- |
