Problems and Prospects of Marketing of NWFP in North Kerala
Keywords:
NWFP, Marketing, Tribal Products, Medicinal PlantsAbstract
This is an attempt to study the marketing of Non Wood Forest Products (NWFP) in North Kerala, which analyses the volume of collection and its sale during the last 10 years from 2008-09 to 2017-18. The Tribal Service Co-operative Societies is the major marketing channel for NWFP in the whole Kerala. The study was conducted in Kannur district, which is situated in the north Kerala. In Kannur district, there is only one Tribal Co-operative Society for the collection and marketing of NWFPs, which is located at Nedumpoil, a place close to the Kannavam Reserve Forest area in the Thalassery Taluk. The registered members of the Tribal Co-operative Society are permitted to collect NWFP from the Kannavam Forest Range under the Kannur Forest Division. The Tribal Co-operative Societies have no right to sell the products directly from the societies to the buyers. The sale should be conducted through the branch offices of the Kerala State Federation of SC/ST Development Co-operatives, Ltd. The Nedumpoil Tribal Co-operative Society is selling the NWFP through the Kalpetta Branch of the Federation, which is situated in the district headquarters of Wayanad. The Wayanad district is an adjoining district of Kannur district in the south side. The marketing of NWFP in Kannur district has faced a lot of challenges in terms of the availability of NWFPs during the last 10 years and an analysis is made in this respect to know the problems and prospects of NWFP marketing in the study area.
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