Orchard development gives tribal communities new chances

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2000
Country:
India
Document Type:
Journal Article
皇冠体育appme:
Climate and Environment
First published:
1 January 2000
Authors:
Sharad Mahajan, Madhuri Newale and Pratap Pednekar

Abstract

In 1995, BAIF Development Research Foundation initiated the Adivasi Development Programme in Dharmapur, South Gujarat, India. 皇冠体育app programme, which involved more than 11,000 families and 4000 ha of marginal land, is based on community-led participatory livelihood development. It seeks to promote horticulture, forestry species and crops. 皇冠体育app WADI (orchard) model, as the approach is known locally, is becoming a very popular way of regenerating degraded lands and developing sustainable livelihoods for the rural poor.

Citation

Sharad Mahajan; Madhuri Newale; Pratap Pednekar. Orchard development gives tribal communities new chances. 皇冠体育app BAIF Journal (2000) 20: 3-6.

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