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Give innovative ideas for value addition to the Minor Forest Produces and their Marketing

Start Date :

May 05, 2015

Last Date :

Jan 01, 2015

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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A large number of tribal people and other forest dwellers derive their source of livelihood from the collection and marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) which provides them ...

A large number of tribal people and other forest dwellers derive their source of livelihood from the collection and marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) which provides them essential food, nutritional, medicinal needs and cash income also. As the business of MFP is different from the traditional ones, it denies due benefits. While government supported Corporations and Federations trade in some MFPs, a large number of these are traded freely in the market which is also not very helpful to the gatherers as MFP production is highly dispersed spatially and because of the poor accessibility of these areas, a competitive market does not exist. As a strategic interventions to ensure fair returns for the MFPs to the gatherers/collectors, the Government has come up with a new scheme of Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP.

Through the MyGov Platform, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, seeks suggestions/information from all section of the society regarding innovative ideas for value addition to the MFPs, processing and marketing of MFPs, traditional skill and skill development, etc.

Providing Social Safety Net to the Collectors of Minor Forest Produce

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shruthy v s 10 years 3 months ago

Sir we can create a brand name for forested products.people living nearby forest areas can be appointed to collect these products and a marketing unit can be established in the nearby areas.

Gandi venkata kanakrswara rao 10 years 3 months ago

In my opinion provide transport and marketing tenqunics and safety equipment and education (minimum qualification)to read and manage their products

Surendra Sharma_2 10 years 3 months ago

Tradition herbs and aryuvedic medicines are in great demand and short supply. Many of these grow in forest and mountain areas. Need is to cultivate and buy such products with the help of tribals

JASWANT SINGH TARIYAL 10 years 3 months ago

In my opinion firstly such bamboo(ringali)is most suitable for minor forest products.secondly the forest flower/fruits products(burans juice,bail juice,huney etc can be added in project.

uday kumar 10 years 3 months ago

Tag a Tree is my concept..
Each person in india can adopt a tree/plant at his/her preferred location. May be this can be a collaborated business plan with the Municipal cooperation. For example, if 10 persons adopted 10 plants/trees at some place in their locality or city. So that the plant/tree can be electronically tagged, at any time the user can see the status/condition of the plant/tree. Minimal charges can be accepted per plant. This can be micro-business solution for the nation.

Deepak Seth 10 years 3 months ago

Source them & start selling online.. & give them Min price guarantee.. very similar to what we do for our farmers...

B S MURTHY 10 years 3 months ago

Hub centres are to be developed for collection of forest products and handing over to the Pooling points. From pooling points the products are to be sent to the utility points either as raw material or semi finished products.

Krishan Mohan Joshi 10 years 3 months ago

महोदय लघु वन उत्पादों के लिए मूल्य संवर्धन एवं विपणन के लिए नवीन विचार साझा करने के क्रम में मेरा अनुरोध है कि उत्तराखंड में अंग्रेजों ने पारम्परिक बनों की जगह चीड के बन से सारे बनों को आच्छादित कर दिया जिस कारण से लघु वन उत्पादों का ब्यवसाय ही खत्म हो गया है यदि पहाडों से चीड को धीरे-२ समाप्त कर दिया जाय व पुराने पारम्परिक पेड ही लगाये जाय तो रोजगार के साधन मिल जाने से पहाड से पलायन काफी हद तक कम किया जा सकता है।

PANDYA HARDIK 10 years 3 months ago

Central Goverment should set up facilities/stalls in cities to enable tribals to sell forest produce. They should keep entry fees say Rs. 10 per person to enter that facilities.

This fees should be used to manage cost of the facility set up.

Tribals who have registered themselves for this facility should be given card which they can show at the time of travelling in ST buses, so that travelling is costless to tribal coming to market forest produce in that stall.

Jagannath Ghadge 10 years 3 months ago

arrange a fund for Tribal people with the help of Tax deduction scheme.