Constraint Analysis of Tribal Farmers in Indigenous Farming Practices

Indigenous traditional knowledge (IT K) is an integral part of the culture and history of a local community. It is evolved through several years of regular experimentation on the day to day life and available resource surrounded by the community. The tribal farmers have been confronting to several constraints in farming which hinder their way for development. The present study was undertaken in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, to find out the constraints faced by tribal farmers and to suggest suitable measures to overcome these constraints. The results revealed that the major constraints faced by tribal farmers were resource poorness (90%) followed by Illiteracy (77.77%), lack of training facilities (72.22%) and Lack of technical guidance (67.77%). Various suggestions provided by the sample of tribal farmers were Educational facilities should be provided for the tribal people. More educational institutions should be established (83.33%)" followed by "Provide training facilities to the farmers on proven indigenous technologies (78.88%)".