Problems faced by the tribal women during collection and marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) and suggestions given by them to overcome the problems

Abstract

The present research was carried out in the Kanker district of the state of Chhattisgarh in 2022–2023. Each of the Kanker Forest Department's (3) divisions were purposefully chosen for this study because they have the maximum number of tribal and the greatest amount of forest area. From each selected divisions, 40 tribal women beneficiaries of Van Dhan Yojna were selected. In this way, total 120 tribal women were considered as respondents for this study. The data were collected with the help of well structured pre-tested interview schedule through personal interview. The findings of this study with regard to problems faced by the respondents revealed that 90.00 percent of respondents faced problems during the collection of MFPs was scattered distribution of MFPs and majority 88.33 percent of respondents faced problems regarding to the marketing of MFPs are perishable nature of MFPs, while; 90.83 percent respondents suggested for forestation should be done in village level/forest land, to overcome the problems faced by them in the collection and marketing of MFPs.