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PEN INDIA RESEARCH Putting PEN to Paper

PEN INDIA RESEARCH Putting PEN to Paper. 23 - 28 March 2009. Ajith Chandran University of British Columbia. Context. PEN study location: India Southern Gujarat. Tropical wet and dry climate with tropical dry deciduous forests Study area approximately 1200km 2. Village. Forest area.

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PEN INDIA RESEARCH Putting PEN to Paper

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  1. PEN INDIA RESEARCHPutting PEN to Paper 23 - 28 March 2009 Ajith Chandran University of British Columbia

  2. Context PEN study location: India Southern Gujarat Tropical wet and dry climate with tropical dry deciduous forests Study area approximately 1200km2

  3. Village Forest area Distance from road Initiated to Joint Forest Management by Jetpur Proximity to large forest Far from road head Self Initiated / FD Makanjhar Medium forest Near to main road FD initiated Bharada Medium forest Near to road NGO initiated Context • Villages sampled: 3 • Total Population: 1700 (approx). • Total HH: 318 • 130 households in the sample. • Average # of people per household is 5.3 • Key sub-dimensions dividing the sample in terms of livelihood strategies:

  4. Household income sources Main sources for household income • Subsistence: • Agriculture • Forest • Other environmental (Mainly Fish) • Cash: • Livestock • Wage • Agriculture • Forest • Business and services • Other environmental (Fish) Difference in villages: • Village proximal to large forest (Jetpur) extracts fuel-wood on a regular basis. The village also collect more forest products for sale.

  5. Income sources and seasonality Observation: • Gathering of forest products maximum in Q3 (except for fuel-wood and clay (mud) which is collected in all quarters) • During the lean season Q2, fishing in Jetpur seems to contribute more to HH income

  6. Key forest and environmental products Forest products: • Throughout the year: Fuel-wood, fodder, mud (subsistence) • Seasonal: wild vegetables, leaves, bamboo and mushroom (both cash and subsistence ) Environmental income: • Fish (subsistence and cash, seasonal) (Found only in the interior village which has a stream and a dam) Pricing: • As per household/respondent • Willing to pay

  7. Income composition and poverty Observation: • Poor households collect forest products that they both use and sell • Rich households collect fuel-wood and fodder. Less collection of forest products that fetch small income. Main activities agriculture, livestock and employment

  8. Other patterns Coping mechanisms during crisis: • Did nothing in particular • Asked for help from friends and relatives • Used savings • Did more labour work • Harvested crops early • Changed crops • Took loan Observation: • Use of forest for coping with crisis not reported

  9. Existing Policies and Overall Findings • Joint Forest Management (JFM) Collection of fodder and fuel wood from the JFM forest is controlled Other incentives from Forest Department and NGOs • Milk Cooperatives Milk production gives increased cash income for households with less land holding Livestock dependence may not reduce forest dependence since fodder is collected from forest

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