IUFRO Division 5 Conference 5 10 00 Forest

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: manishm@iifm. ac. in

Aim of work and methods n n To study existing marketing system, channels of few selected NTFPs in the study area; Dependence of households on NTFPs for their survival.

Aim of work and methods n n n n n 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 person etc.

Results Table 1: Selected major NTFPs of the study area. SN. Name of NTFPs Botanical description 1 Mahua Fls. Madhuca latifolia 2 Mahua Fr. Madhuca latifolia 3 Aonla Fr. Emblica officinalis 4 Achar Fr. Buchanania lanzan 5 Imli Fr. Tamarindus indica 6 Safed Musli tuber Chlorophytunm borivilianum 7 Lac Kerria lac 8 Tendu leaves Diospyros melanoxylon

RESULTS Table 2: Harvesting period of some of the common NTFPs in Tumrakheda village. SN. Name of NTFPs Jan Feb Mar Apr May Mahua Fls 2. Mahua Fr. 3. Achar Fr. Imli Fr. Musli Tuber 7 Lakh 8 Tendu leaves 6 Oct 5. Aug Aonla Fr. 4. Jul Sept 1. June Nov Dec

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. ). S N. Name NTFPs 1 of Total number of persons involved Person involved in per house hold Quantity collected /day/person/kg (dry)kg Quantity collected/kg/ HH (dry) kg Number of harvesting days Annual collection/ Kg. /HH (dry) Total quantity collected /person Time spent for collection (Hrs/Day) W es rat (R Mahua Fls 54 5. 40 2. 40 12. 99 20 259. 8 130 45/day 33 2 Mahua Fr. 42 4. 20 0. 3 3. 49 20 69. 8 35 45/day 22 3 Aonla Fr. 29 2. 90 1. 41 4. 09 15 61. 35 14 45/day 33 4 Achar Fr. 50 5. 00 1. 30 6. 50 10 65 65 45/day 28 5 Imli Fr. 4 0. 40 3. 75 1. 50 15 22. 5 15 45/day 16 6 Musli tuber 3 0. 30 3. 33 0. 99 8 7. 92 10 45/day 33 7 Lakh 5 0. 50 9 4. 5 5 45/day 22 8 Tendu leaves 58 5. 80 77. 58 449. 99 7 3149. 93 4500 45/day 50 Total number of house hold surveyed-20%.

Table 4 Source of income of the villagers house hold in study area. Name of NTFP Annual collectio n in Kg/H. H PC Rate Annual income Rs by. NTFPs/ HH (A) Mahua Fls 259 5 1295. 00 Mahua Fr. 69. 8 12 61. 35 25 65 25 22. 5 5 7. 92 15 4. 5 50 3149. 93 45 (E) Rs. year Rs. 2200/ year Rs. 2200 Rs. 1200 225. 00 Tendu leaves (D) 118. 50 Lakh (C) 1417. 00 Total Rs. 7118. 65 2800/ Rs. 2800 1200/ Total 112. 50 Musli Annual income from fuel wood 1625. 00 Imli Fr. Annual income from livestock 1533. 75 Achar Fr. Annual income From labors 837. 60 Aonla Fr. Annual income in Rs. (From agriculture) /HH (B) Rs. 1300/ year Rs. 1300 Rs 14618

Figure 1. Percentage contribution of forest produce in Tumrakheda village 8 14 9 9 19 6 10 21 10 1 11 Livestock Fuelwood Mahua Fls Mahua Fr Aonla Fr. Achar Fr. Imli Fr. Safed Musli Lakh Tendu Lvs Agriculture Labor

CONCLUSIONS: n n n 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. . n n n The most prevalent channel for NTFPs movement in the study area include Primary collector village trader tehsil level 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).

n Acknowledgement: The authors express their sincere gratitude to Dr. D K Bandyopadhyaya Director, IIFM, Bhopal and then Director Dr. Ram Prasad, for logistical support to conduct the field survey.