IUFRO Division 5 Conference 5.10.00 Forest Products Marketing & Business Management Dr.Manish Mishra and Teki Suraya*,

Marketing of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Case Study of Tumrakheda Village in Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh

Indian Institute of Forest Management, IIFM, Nehru Nagar Bhopal (M.P.), India. Phone 2775716, 2773799, 2776125, Fax: 0755-2772878. E-mail: [email protected]

Aim of work and methods

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To study existing marketing system, channels of few selected NTFPs in the study area;

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Dependence of households on NTFPs for their survival.

Aim of work and methods

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Raisen District is situated in the centre part of the present Madhya Pradesh State. All development blocks of the district are having a considerable area under forest. Total forest area in the district is about 333236.856 hectare out of which about 31.7% forest land is in Goherganj tehsil The present study was conducted in Tumarkheda village in Raisen district of M.P. State during January-December 2005. Raisen district is selected due to main market place and Obaidullahgunj act as centre point for the movements of wild products collected from the natural forests of adjoining districts also.

Tumrakheda village was selected for the study because of vast forests and large tribal population living in and around the forest. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the households. The sample sizes are 20% households and 4 marketing channel members. The study was conducted systematically to ascertain the dependence of the forest dwellers in the study area. Questionnaire survey: A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect information like diversity of NTFPs extracted, harvesting period, household involved in NTFP collection, total quantity collected per day and per person etc.

8 SN.

1 5 6 2 3 4 7

Results Table1: Selected major NTFPs of the study area.

Name of NTFPs Mahua Fls .

Mahua Fr.

Aonla Fr.

Achar Fr.

Imli Fr.

Safed Musli tuber Lac Botanical description

Madhuca latifolia Madhuca latifolia Emblica officinalis Buchanania lanzan Tamarindus indica Chlorophytunm borivilianum Kerria lac

Tendu leaves

Diospyros melanoxylon

RESULTS Table 2: Harvesting period of some of the common NTFPs in Tumrakheda village.

S N.

Name of NTFPs Jan Fe b Ma r Apr May June Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

  1.

2.

3.

Mahua Fls Mahua Fr.

Aonla Fr.

    4.

Achar Fr.

5.

Imli Fr.

    6 7 Musli Tuber Lakh 8 Tendu leaves      

Table : 3 showing NTFP quantity collected per day and total time spent in collection and wage rate of Tumrakheda village, Dahodrange and Obaidullaganj forest Division, District- Raisen (M.P.).

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Name NTFPs of Total number of persons involved Person involved in per hold house Quantity collected /day/person/kg (dry)kg Quantity collected/kg/ HH (dry) kg Number harvesting days of Annual collection/ Kg./HH (dry) Total quantity collected /person Time spent for collection (Hrs/Day) Wage s rate (Rs.

1 Mahua Fls 54 5.40

2.40

12.99

2 Mahua Fr.

42 4.20

0.3

3.49

3 7 8 4 5 6 Aonla Fr.

Achar Fr.

Imli Fr.

Musli tuber 29 Lakh 5 Tendu leaves 58 50 4 3 2.90

5.00

0.40

0.30

0.50

5.80

1.41

1.30

3.75

3.33

0.50

77.58

Total number of house hold surveyed-20%.

4.09

6.50

1.50

0.99

0.50

449.99

20 20 15 9 7 10 15 8 259.8

130 69.8

61.35

65 22.5

7.92

4.5

3149.93

35 14 65 15 10 5 4500 45/day 45/day 45/day 45/day 45/day 45/day 45/day 45/day 33.72

22.48

33.72

28.10

16.86

33.72

22.48

50.58

Table 4 Source of income of the villagers house hold in study area.

Name of NTFP Mahua Fls Annual collecti on in Kg/H.H

PC Rate Annual income Rs by NTFPs/ HH (A) Annual income in Rs.

(From agriculture) /HH (B) Annual income From labors (C) 259 5 1295.00

Annual income from livestock (D) Annual income from wood fuel (E) Rs.

year 2800/ Rs.

year 2200/ Rs.

year 1200/ Rs.

year 1300/ Total 12 837.60

Mahua Fr.

69.8

Aonla Fr.

Achar Fr.

Imli Fr.

Musli 61.35

65 22.5

7.92

25 25 5 15 1533.75

1625.00

112.50

118.50

Lakh Tendu leaves 4.5

3149.93

50 45 225.00

1417.00

Total

Rs.

7118.65

Rs. 2800 Rs. 2200 Total income/year = A+B+C+D+E ( 7118.65+2800+2200+1200+1300) Rs. 1200 Rs. 1300

Rs 14618

Figure 1. Percentage contribution of forest produce in Tumrakheda village

19 14 10 2

1

1 11 8 9 10 9 6 Livestock Fuelwood Mahua Fls Mahua Fr Aonla Fr.

Achar Fr.

Imli Fr.

Safed Musli Lakh Tendu Lvs Agriculture Labor

CONCLUSIONS:

     It was observed that April and May being peak months for NTFP harvest in the study area. In the same period the villagers do not have agriculture labor work hence they are highly rely on NTFPs collection & consumption and sale. The most abundantly available NTFPs in the study area in Achar followed by Aonla and Tendu leaves. It has been reckoned out that about 50% income accounts from NTFPs and resting 50% from other sources including agriculture labor etc.

The maximum time per family hours spent accounted for Tendu leaves harvesting followed by Mahua where as Imli accounts for minimum flowers and minimum from lac.

Conclusions Contd..

   The most prevalent channel for NTFPs movement in the study area include Primary collector  tehsil level trader  village trader  district level trader  retailer  end user.

The study reveals that total income of the villagers per family was worked out to per Rs.14619 out of which Rs. 2800 form agriculture and form fuel wood Rs.1300/year.

The three major channels was identified-(a) Subsistence use (Direct consumption);(b) Sale to private trader/middlemen;(c) Sale through co-operative (Village forest protection committee-VFPCs).

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Acknowledgement: The authors express their sincere

gratitude to Dr.D K Bandyopadhyaya Director, IIFM, Bhopal and the then Director Dr. Ram Prasad, for logistical support to conduct the field survey.