Open AccessDevelopment of NTFPs Sector for Income Generation and Environmental Conservation
Author(s) -
Manju Sundriyal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of graphic era university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2456-4281
pISSN - 0975-1416
DOI - 10.13052/jgeu0975-1416.915
Subject(s) - livelihood , business , bamboo , food security , natural resource economics , environmental planning , economic growth , agriculture , geography , economics , ecology , archaeology , biology
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are amongst the key global commodities and an important component of international trade. They are important in livelihoods of rural people all over the Himalayan region for meeting food, medicine, construction materials, and income needs of subsistence communities. The sector needs focused developmental planning that can bring substantial economic and environmental benefit in the Uttarakhand state. Based on an extensive analysis of three important categories of NTFPs, viz. medicinal plants, edible wild plants, and bamboo this paper highlights potential of this sector for food security, income generation and environmental conservation by adopting a pro-people approach in Uttarakhand state. Suggestions have been provided for improving the existing framework and programmes that can maximize economic, social, cultural and ecological benefits.