Economic analysis of non-timber forest products in Kerala (Record no. 289379)
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| 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 (NTFPs) in Kerala” was carried out in the Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Vellayani during the period 2019-21 to study the types and quantities of NTFPs collected in Kerala and to study the price behaviour of selected NTFPs. Analysis of factors influencing income from NTFP collection and identification of the marketing channels for major NTFPs in Kerala were also envisaged in the study. The study was mainly done in Kerala using secondary data collected from KSFSDCL and from Kerala Forest Headquarters while the primary data collection was from Wayanad district as it was the district having the largest NTFP collection in Kerala. Wayanad district comprised of two forest divisions namely North Wayanad forest division and South Wayanad forest division. NTFP collection was more from South Wayanad forest division. From the South Wayanad forest division all the three forest ranges were selected for the study namely Kalpetta, Meppady and Chedalath. It was observed from the survey that young people (upto 35 years) were more involved in NTFP collection than other age groups. Among the NTFP collectors, 96.67 per cent of the family heads were males while only a few (3.33 %) were females. Many of the NTFP collectors (47 %) had only lower and upper primary education (upto seventh standard). The average family size of the collectors was less than four. Nearly 56.67 per cent of NTFP collectors were daily wage earners. Out of the total 140 NTFPs collected in Kerala, 97 (69.28 %) were mainly used for medicinal purpose. On an average 39.24 lakh kilograms of NTFPs yielded a revenue of ₹ 3.33 crores each year. Of the total NTFP collection, highest revenue of ₹ 63.57 lakh/ year was obtained from honey, while the major quantity of production was from Sida cordifolia (2.43 lakh kg/ year). Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) analysis was employed to analyse the price behaviour of NTFPs in Kerala from 2000-01 to 2019-20. The result indicated that 136 the NTFP collection showed a declining trend of -11.6 per cent annually over the years in Kerala. On the contrary, the revenue from NTFP sales showed an increasing trend of 4.55 per cent annually during the same period. This reflected increasing prices of NTFPs over the years from 2000-01 to 2019-20. Multiple linear regression and factor analysis were employed to identify the factors influencing income from NTFP collection. It was revealed that annual income from agriculture, man days per year spent for agricultural activity and man days per year spent for other income earning activities were the factors found to be significantly influencing income from NTFP collection. The results from factor analysis revealed that factor 1, factor 2 and factor 3 were the important factors affecting NTFP collection as these three factors could explain about nearly 90 per cent of variance of the data. Marketing of NTFPs was done in Wayanad district mainly through four channels. Out of 21 NTFPs collected from Wayanad, 17 NTFPs were marketed through channel I, while rest of the NTFPs were marketed through channel II, III and channel IV. The analysis of price spread revealed that marketing cost and marketing margin were more in Channel-II. The KSFSDCL facilitated auction of the NTFP products and the major buyer was Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Company, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal. It could be concluded from the study that marketing of honey was vibrant through Vana Samrakshana Samithi (VSS) in Kalpetta range only. So revitalizing the functioning of VSS in Meppady and Chedalath ranges would enhance marketing of honey which is the major facilitator of revenue through NTFPs in Kerala. Introduction of incentives to collectors would help them in increasing the NTFP collection, thereby increasing income of households. It was found from the study area that selling of NTFPs is vested with Government agencies only. So inclusion of private parties would enhance the competition in marketing of NTFPs. It was also observed that NTFP collectors were trained only for collection and primary level processing of NTFPs. So capacity building training programs can be given for the value addition of NTFPs to reduce the damages and to 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) |
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| Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Reference Book | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | Theses | 2022-04-25 | 630.33 JER/EC PG | 175319 | 2022-04-25 | Theses |