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This book uses empirical data to articulate the issues of the Indian tribal economy in general and the role of minor forest produce in the tribal economy in particular. It throws new light on hitherto under-researched areas, especially those related to the significance of minor forest produce. This book is primarily based on the functioning of the tribal economy and draws on the experience gained by the author during his sojourn as a research scholar working the debt of tribal farmers and the technological gap in tribal agriculture. Empirical evidence is given in the present book to explore the validity of the earlier hypotheses in respect of the contribution of minor forest produce to the total income of the tribal households. Furthermore, a statistical analysis is undertaken to ascertain the relative contribution of each forest product to the augmentation of tribal earnings. The empirical work in this book also corroborates the theories of dependency between the forest and the tribals.

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Dr Kalsani Mohan Reddy has been a faculty member in the Department of Economics of Kakatiya University, India, for the past 16 years, having obtained his PhD degree in Economics from the same institution in 1996. He has 26 years of teaching experience, and has published 56 papers in a number of reputed journals. He is also the author of a ground-breaking book entitled Indigenous Markets in India (A Study in Tribal Areas). His areas of interest include macro-economics, economics of growth and development, quantitative methods, econometrics and managerial economics.

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