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Objectives

' Study of Interventions made by Chhattisgarh

State Minor Forest Produce Co-operative
Federation Limited (CGMFP) towards livelihood
security of rural poor.

' Understanding the Methodology used.

' Study of the Impacts of the CGMFP intervention

on the income/livelihoods on the rural poor.
Introduction

± Role of Non Timber Forest Products(NTFPs).

± CGMFP Initiatives.

± Approach of the Livelihood intervention- Spatial

approach.
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Know The People:
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 reside in Rural Areas
± Sex Ratio 1000:101

Assessing Asset Base & Factor Condition:
± 44 geographical area under forest

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Understanding Local emand Conditions

± Maintaining The Green Cover
± Livelihoods to poor forest produce gatherers
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± Triangulation: Factors Responsible
± Large Rural Population
± Reduce ependency Vagaries of Monsoon
± Realization of NTFPs

± Understanding The emand Conditions

± No Stake of State in Trade of NTFPs
± High Potential of NTFP products like Tendu, Sal
Seed etc.
Intervention ecisions

±
 Approach
± Stakeholders
± Officials

± Interventions solving identified bottlenecks

± Organizational Competency
± Link ups and referrals
Collaborative Polygon
Outcomes and Impacts

± NTFP plays a crucial role in securing livelihood

for the poor.
± As the forest cover of the state is more than
44, NTFP as a source of livelihood gains greater
significance.
± The program is in its infant stage therefore it has
not created major socio-economic changes but
has been a great help in increasing the income
of poor forest produce gatherers
 Certain Achievements
± Nearly 40,250 poor gatherers associated with trade
channel CGMFP Federation
± Trade of NTFP-Marts increased from INR 64.ü Million to
INR 14ü.6 Million in 1 year, showing increasing trend
therefore, has helped check the exploitative practices of
middlemen.
± Created foundation for herbal medicine industry
ayurvedic preparations are prepared under brand
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± Chhattisgarh Lac trade at national level increased from 20
per cent (2004-05) to
 per cent (200ü-0) , creating
employment for rural poor, especially women.
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± Processes of organized production, collection,
processing and marketing involving SHGs have



 
  

 in rural society.
± Increased awareness towards the importance of
forest resources in economic terms and this has led
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as drying platform and storage centers
at grassroots level helped rural community to
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additional prices for rural women.
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± Trade channel of non-nationalized NTFPs,  !
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haat bazaar level, processing unit level, Sanjeevani
retail outlet level is fixed but it has yet to get
established in the whole trade.
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significantly helped in smoothening the
functioning of the system and thereby might be
helping the rural poor to come out of the clutches
of money-lenders and their exploitative practices.
Corrective Measures

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 are two crucial aspects of this whole
institutional set-up of five levels of transactions.

± Though the interventions are designed to suit

demand, factor, institutional and industrial conditions,
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 have to be taken to develop the
trade in MFPs for sustainable and beneficial support
to livelihoods of forest dwellers.
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