The study documents the commercial Non-Timber Forest Products, collected by arid and semi-arid region and marketed by the tribals in Jodhpur town of Jodhpur District, Rajasthan. These tribals collecting a total of 32 products as commercial NTFPs which are sold in the open daily and highly in weekly tribal market by the tribal people. Buyers come from within and around the town. Women constitute over 60% of the traders in these markets.
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Manuscript Published on 01 December 2012
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