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Changing Livelihood Pattern of Tribal Farmers in Tripura:A Study on Kuki Tribes


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1 Department of Rural Management & Development, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura, India
2 Department of Rural Management & Development, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripurai, India
     

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During last two decades large scale of changes of livelihood pattern among Tribal farmers has been witnessed in Tripura. Over the last two decades Tripura has been witnessing large scale changes on livelihood pattern of tribal farmers; especially, from Shifting (JHUM) cultivation to Rubber cultivation or other farm activities. The study is an attempt to understand the changing pattern of livelihood among Kuki tribes and to measure the living standard of Kuki tribes keeping in view their changing livelihood pattern. The article also tries to understand the association between changing livelihood pattern and monthly income of respondents. The deal with objectives of the study before and after analysis has been done based on primary data with purposive random sampling. The study explored that after changing the livelihood pattern monthly income of respondents has been significantly increased along with overall living standard. The regression analyses found Rubber cultivation and Livestock rearing emerged as popular sources of livelihood as compare to Jhum cultivation.

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Tripura, Kuki Tribes, Tribal Livelihood, Jhum Cultivation, Standard of Living.
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Authors

Mrinal Kanti Deb
Department of Rural Management & Development, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura, India
Arobindo Mahato
Department of Rural Management & Development, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripurai, India
Joel Laltanpuia Darlong
Department of Rural Management & Development, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura, India

Abstract


During last two decades large scale of changes of livelihood pattern among Tribal farmers has been witnessed in Tripura. Over the last two decades Tripura has been witnessing large scale changes on livelihood pattern of tribal farmers; especially, from Shifting (JHUM) cultivation to Rubber cultivation or other farm activities. The study is an attempt to understand the changing pattern of livelihood among Kuki tribes and to measure the living standard of Kuki tribes keeping in view their changing livelihood pattern. The article also tries to understand the association between changing livelihood pattern and monthly income of respondents. The deal with objectives of the study before and after analysis has been done based on primary data with purposive random sampling. The study explored that after changing the livelihood pattern monthly income of respondents has been significantly increased along with overall living standard. The regression analyses found Rubber cultivation and Livestock rearing emerged as popular sources of livelihood as compare to Jhum cultivation.

Keywords


Tripura, Kuki Tribes, Tribal Livelihood, Jhum Cultivation, Standard of Living.

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