Current Science

Chandra P. Kuniyal ¹, Dharmendra S. Rawat ², Rakesh C. Sundriyal ³

Affiliations
1 Herbal Research and Development Institute, Mandal, Chamoli 246 401, IN
2 Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, IN
3 G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, IN

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Prasanna K. Samal ¹, Mahendra S. Lodhi ², Satish C. Arya ², Rakesh C. Sundriyal ³, Pitambar P. Dhyani ³

Affiliations
1 Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak 484 887, IN
2 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, North East Unit, Vivek Vihar, Itanagar 791 113, IN
3 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, IN

Abstract

About one-third of the total agricultural area in the Southeast Asia is under shifting cultivation. In North East India, where most of the populace comprises subsistence farmers largely depending on shifting agriculture, technologies in agricultural development that are based on high external inputs, become inappropriate and inaccessible. Technologies, therefore, need to adapt to local conditions based on the principles of low external input for sustainable agriculture and should also be pro-nature, pro-poor and pro-women-oriented. This article discusses about up-scaling of potential low-cost eco-technologies for improved crops yield in shifting agriculture, which continues to be a predominant livelihood for a majority of the upland communities in NE India and technological intervention as a possible entrepreneurship option for unemployed youths.

Keywords

Eco-Technologies, Entrepreneurship, Rural Livelihoods, Shifting Agriculture.

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