Research Article | Published: 01 September 2005

Enhancing people’s participation and capability building through forestry extension

Sunil Kumar and Sangeeta Tripathi

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 28 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 261-266 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2005-48ZLY9 | Cite this article

Abstract

Training and demonstration play a vital role in facilitating various target groups technically and scientifically for effective dissemination of technology to farmers field. It is indirectly linked with increase in production and building capability and enhancing people’s participation in environment protection. Paper deals with analyzing the impact of various types of training, ranking of constraints, village level fuel-wood, fodder and timber requirement, evaluating the perception and attitude of villagers for tree plantation before and after training in two clusters of villages. In Cluster I small land holding followed by open grazing and harsh climate, frequent draught and in Cluster II Long gestation period open grazing and harsh climate were the most prominent reasons for not planting tree. About 50 % trees would have not been planted, if the training were not imparted to villagers.

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Kumar, S. and Tripathi, S., 2005. Enhancing people’s participation and capability building through forestry extension. Indian Journal of Forestry, 28(3), pp.261-266. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2005-48ZLY9

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Manuscript Published on 01 September 2005

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