Economic, occupational and livelihood changes of scheduled tribes of North East India

Reimeingam Marchang
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No 442, Working Papers from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore

Abstract: The paper examines the changing livelihood system from agriculture-based towards non-agricultural-based system of Scheduled Tribes (STs) of North Eastern Region. Agricultural households continue to be prominent; however, non-agricultural households are growing in rural areas. In urban areas, non-agricultural households are rapidly growing. However, agriculture, shifting cultivation in particular, continues to be a prominent means of livelihood for some of them. Concerning employment, agriculture employment has declined largely due to the significant decline among cultivators. Employment in non-agriculture sector has improved largely driven by development, particularly education. ST’s means of livelihood has converged from subsistence agricultural income towards diversified modern market-oriented employment and economy. It portrays the convergence of the livelihood system from agriculture to non-agriculture. It is evident from three facts as follows: decline of agricultural households while non-agricultural households increase; decline of agricultural income while non-agricultural income rises; and shift of employment from agricultural to non-agricultural activities.

Keywords: Economics; Scheduled; tribes; Agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2019
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