G Swathi
Ph D Scholar
Department of Agricultural Extension
Agricultural College
Bapatla 522101, Andhra Pradesh
P Rambabu
Professor and University Head
Department of Agricultural Extension
Agricultural College
Bapatla 522101, Andhra Pradesh
T Gopikrishna
Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension
Agricultural College
Bapatla 522101, Andhra Pradesh
D Vishnu Sankar Rao
Professor and University Head
Department of Agricultural Economics
S V Agricultural College
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
V Srinivasa Rao
Professor and University Head
Department of Statistics and Mathematics
Agricultural College
Bapatla 522101, Andhra Pradesh
Abstract
The study was conducted in three districts of Andhra Pradesh i.e. Visakhapatnam, Chitoor and Khammam to identify the problems of tribal farmers and to find out appropriate suggestions to overcome the problems. A well structured and pre tested interview schedule was used to collect data. The statistics employed for data analysis were simple frequency and percentage. Findings revealed that majority of the tribal farmers belonged to no schooling (48.75%) and marginal farmers in podu (70.00%) and normal (75.00%) cultivation, small family size (70.41%), non-primitive tribes (88.33%), occupation is Agriculture + wage work + Non Timber Forest Products (77.50%), whereas majority of them fell under medium category in terms of age (62.50%), farming experience in podu (55.83%) and normal (41.67%), one training undergone (48.33%), extension contact (47.50%), information source utilization (58.33%), religious belief (43.33%), economic orientation (59.58%), scientific orientation (56.25%), market orientation (64.58%) and low urban contact (62.08%).
Key words: Tribal farmers, NTFPs, Livelihood, Problemss and Suggestions.
