International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 2
First page : (813) Last page : (825)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2648
Evaluating the Joint Forest Management: A Review of Impact, Performance and Constraints
Bishwa Bhaskar Choudhary1, Pitambara2* and S.K. Srivastava3
1Department of Agricultural Economics, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
2Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India
3Department of Agricultural Economics, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: mili.pitambara@gmail.com
Received: 28.02.2017 | Revised: 10.03.2017 | Accepted: 12.03.2017
ABSTRACT
The Joint Forest Management Programme(JFM) has been a major thrust area of forest management over the last two decades. The programme is operating with main objective of forest management and empowerment of local livelihoods through sustainable resource utilization and income generation opportunities. This paper summarizes the previous standard studies carried out in India and abroad to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the programme to meet its aforesaid objective. The paper focusses mainly on presenting the most of the previous literatures concerned with impact assesment of the JFM programme on income and employment of the rural households associated with the programme. Further, its role in equality in income distribution has also been emphasized. Apart from that, literatures concerning the problems faced by different stakeholders in implementation of the programme has also been summarized. The present paper will provide a brief overview to the policy makers regarding effectivness of the programme operationalized in different parts of the country and will support the decision makers at all level of decision making in understanding the location specific constaints associated with the programme and targeting financial resources and better management of resources to fulfill overall goal of the JFM programme.
Key words: Joint Forest Management, forest, sustainable, income distribution
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Cite this article: Choudhary, B.B., Pitambara and Srivastava, S.K., Evaluating the Joint Forest Management: A Review of Impact, Performance and Constraints , Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(2): 813-825 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2648
