Information, credit and market access by upland tribals in north-eastern Himalaya of India: An empirical study
| Autor: | D K PANDEY, H K DE, B R PHUKAN, T S MEHRA, B P MISHRA, T M CHANU, KRISHNA S TOMAR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol 88, Iss 12 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0019-5022 2394-3319 |
| DOI: | 10.56093/ijas.v88i12.85443 |
| Popis: | The present study was conducted during 2016-17 in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura states of the North-Eastern Himalayan (NEH) region to analyze the extent of institutional support, viz. information, credit and market access in the tribal dominated districts. Findings of the study reveal that 87.80% respondents owned/use mobile phone, whereas extension contact was found to be very poor in the study area as a whole. Awareness and usage of formal information sources reveal that about one fourth (24%) were aware of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) centres, whereas only 17.6% respondents were aware of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Agricultural University/line department. Access to these institutions was found to be poor owing to poor connectivity and remoteness of the area. About 43% respondents had no access to institutional credit, whereas informal sources of rural credit account for about 21.8% of the loan volume to tribal households and kins/relatives (41.4%) were the largest source of informal credit. Marketing and associated infrastructure were identified as major determinants of their livelihood diversification. |
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