Tribal
Crop-Livestock Systems in South-East India
Das
Kornel
The
book, Tribal Crop-Livestock Systems in South-East India, as the title
implies describes the related practices followed in undivided Koraput district,
in Orissa. There are 51 different communities who live here. They survive
largely on marginal farming and animal husbandry.
The
study covers communities living in different territories, hills and plains,
some very primitive and some slightly advanced. The tribal groups studied are
Bhattra, Kondh, Bondo, Dongria Kondh, Koya, Sabara, Bodo Poraja, Sano Poraja
and Bhumia. A short enthnographic note and agriculture practices of each of
these tribes has also been included. The magico-religious rites associated with
agriculture, as well as the tribal cooperative agriculture labour, where still
it exists, have been described.
The
tribal crop-livestock farming system has been classified and described under
sections, such as Backyard Farming System, Life Support Crop Farming System,
Scarcity Period and Food Resources, Famine Saviour Plant System, Slash and Burn
(Podu) Cultivation System and Mixed Species Animal Husbandry System. The
successful intensive agriculture system
followed by Kondh under rain fed condition and the vegetable grower Mali under limited land and irrigation facilities have been described. The understanding of the existing system can be utilized to build sustainable food production system for those who are in a transitional stage of development.
followed by Kondh under rain fed condition and the vegetable grower Mali under limited land and irrigation facilities have been described. The understanding of the existing system can be utilized to build sustainable food production system for those who are in a transitional stage of development.
The
author has tried to present the book, as a practical manual through many
interesting photographs and sketches and changes observed during the last three
decades in agriculture and animal husbandry in the area has been documented
carefully.
Das
Kornel,
presently Programme Coordinator to Indo-Swiss NRM Project in Orissa, had served
for ten years as DANIDA Advisor for Integrated Livestock Development Project,
working in tribal villages of Koraput district in Orissa.
ISBN 81-7304-668-9
2009 288p. Rs.725/ pounds 45
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