Former Professor of Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune; Currently at 4th Bijoy Bihar, Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha-760004
Corresponding Author: e-mail: sn_tripathy2004@yahoo.com
Online published on 20 March, 2021.
Constituting about 8.6 percent of the total population as per 2011 census, the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat aggregate more than half of the total tribal population of India. Predominantly, as traditional means of obtaining livelihoods for them have been endangered the livelihood issues related to tribes of India has assumed paramount significance. It has been perceived that, the development strategies as followed in tribal areas over the decades have not impacted their livelihood considerably.
In this back –drop, an attempt has been made in this paper to examine, with the help of secondary sources of data, the role of NABARD in developing the tribal farmers through its Farm Sector Development (FSD) Program with particular reference to wadi Project.
Farm Sector Development, Wadi Project, Agro-horticulture Development, Tribal Livelihoods
