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Trading Pattern of Ntfp and Gum in South Gujarat
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DHRUVA- BAIF[pic 1]Baif Vrindavan Campus-Lachhakadi, PO – Ganpur, Taluka Vansda,Dist. Navsari 396580, Gujarat.  Phone: 02630-244096/244005 Fax: 02630 244005_A ReportOnTrading Pattern of NTFP and Gum in South GujaratSubmitted To:Mr.Pawan PendkarProject OfficerDRUVA-BAIFLachhakadi.Submitted By:Rushabh Shah & Prakhar RanjanInstitute of Rural Management Anand(IRMA)TABLE OF CONTENTSSr.No.Content

According to census India 2011, tribal people make up 8.6% of Indias population or 104 million people. 14.8% of Gujarat’s population are tribal people. Almost half of them are dependent on forests and NTFPs for at least a part of their subsistence and livelihoods. Out of total 196,024 km² area of Gujarat state, 19112.54 sq. km. Area is under forest cover. If we further classify the forest land, 394.85 sq. km is under protected forest, 4562.51 sq. km. is under unclassed forest and 14155.18 sq. km. is under reserved forest. Rights to all activities like hunting, grazing, etc. in reserved forests are banned unless specific orders are issued otherwise. In protected areas, rights to activities like hunting and grazing are sometimes given to communities living on the fringes of the forest, who sustain their livelihood partially or wholly from forest resources or products. This forests and NTFPs constitute a critical component of food security and an important source of income for the poor tribal people mainly residing on the fringes of forest. There is a vast economic importance of NTFPs trading, if we as a nation can succeed in providing a proper market along with huge demand generation for trading of NTFPs. People living in the urban areas must understand different advantages be it related to health, nutrition, etc. that they can get by consuming NTFPs. Only then the demand for NTFPs will increase resulting into providing a livelihood for the vulnerable people residing on the fringes of forest. Moreover, fields like herbal medicines, ayurvedic medicines etc. also need to grow which is possible by taking proper care of NTFPs and implementing proper schemes related to it. Thus, NTFPs are also culturally important.If we understand the growing pattern of most of the NTFPs in the forests of South Gujarat, it is during monsoon season where they can get rain water easily. So, there are no issues related to irrigation facility which is a big relief for a farmer as a cultivator of NTFPs.Gum plants are also equally important keeping nutrition requirement of the people in mind. Gum of various varieties which could be obtained from the trees of forests, can be used for eating purpose after drying it and mixing it with other relevant ingredients. People of South Gujarat mainly use it to make ‘laddoos’ during the winter season.We as team of two members did a quantitative survey in the villages of Vansda taluka of Navsari district in South Gujarat to understand the availability and trading pattern of NTFPs and Gum in the nearby markets. The methodology used along with the area covered for our survey is discussed in the further sections.2. METHODOLOGY ADOPTEDIn this project, we were required to scale villages around Lachhakadi. The villages that we covered included Charanwada, KhataAmba, Gangpur, Ghodmal, Mindhabari, Limzar, Jamaliya and the Vansda market. We had already accustomed with the village of Lachhakadi and conducted transect walks, so interacting in the neighbouring villages did not prove to be an issue. That also gave us some understanding of the life style and the ways of the people around here. We conducted a survey around the domain of work to establish the required insight into the existing trading pattern of various types of gum and the different Non-timber forest produce that are available and being utilised by the people, both, domestically and commercially. In the survey, we tried to find out about the market price, availability of different produces, how do they get utilised by the consumers. During the village survey, we also got an insight about who goes for the procurement of these produce and at what time of the year are the different produce available in the forests.