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Mundoli, S., Joseph, G., & Setty, S. (2016). “shifting agriculture”: The changing dynamics of adivasi farming in the forest-fringes of a tiger reserve in south india. Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, 40(8), 759–782. Added by: Prashanth NS (08/06/2023, 22:07) |
Resource type: Journal Article ID no. (ISBN etc.): 21683565 BibTeX citation key: Mundoli2016 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: Health Keywords: ADIVASIS, ADIVASIS, CASH crops, CORN farming, COTTON growing, FOOD supply, Karnataka, livelihoods, rainfed farming, SHIFTING cultivation, tiger reserve Creators: Joseph, Mundoli, Setty Collection: Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems |
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Abstract |
This article examines trends in farming and livelihood activities among forest-dwellingAdivasifarmers (Soligas) in a tiger reserve from 2008 to 2015. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted in two contrasting, but representative, villages, where traditional mixed-crop farming was being replaced by cash crops such as coffee, maize, and cotton. Access to state-subsidized food supply and increase in cash income through wage labor, coupled with increasing depredation of food crops by wild animals, were some causes for the shift to cash crops. Declining supply of non-timber forest produce (NTFP) and the subsistence cash it provided has also impacted farmer livelihoods and indirectly contributed to this shift. The changing aspirations of younger Soligas and inadequate state support for mixed-crop farming also could be contributing factors. Soligas consistently maintained that increased wildlife depredation of food crops, reduction in supplies of wild foods, and the decline in NTFP
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