Forests for Socio-economic and Rural Development in India

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M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1996 - 222 pages
Forests and Forestry has the potential of playing a major role in socioeconomic and rural development in India. This book examines this role in various perspectives. It deals with forests, forestry and people; poverty alleviation; forest policies; forestry in five year plans; socioeconomic and rural development; forest products; food, fodder and fuel from forests; forest-based industries; social and community forestry; tribal welfare, development and administration; economics of forest land use and labour in forestry.
 

Contents

Poverty Alleviation
23
Role of Forest Policies
39
Forestry in Five Year Plans
49
Socioeconomic and Rural Development
72
Forest Products
81
Food from Forests
119
Fodder from Forests
129
Fuel from Forests
141
ForestBased Industries
153
Social and Community Forestry
163
Tribal Welfare Development
183
Economic of Forest Land
209
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