In this book, Professor Tewari reviews the management of nontimber forest products of India under the control of Forest development Corporation during the last 30 years or so. In overall, Forest development Corporations are not functioning as efficiently as they were expected to do initially. Most of them are showing losses and depend continually on taxpayers’ money to survive. Thus, there is a need for new institutional innovations. The Author suggests a new approach towards managing this economically importance resource so as to reform the functioning of ailing corporations in the interest of tribal communities. A cooperative framework, which entrusts the management of nontimber forest products to the tribal communities, along with a support price program and effective coordination of market forces, is recommended for sustainable and socially rewarding management of nontimber forest products. Thus, a more decentralized management of nontimber forest products and nationally coordinated marketing framework is to be developed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devi Tewari
Devi Tewari earned his Ph.D. from University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has published widely on nontimber forest products issues and his earluier work Economics and Management of Nontimber Forest products: A Case Study of Gujarat is an internationally well-known work. Other publications of Professor Tewari include: Castor economy, International Castor Oil Market, principles of Microeconomics, An Estimation of the Value of Water in the Commercial Forestry sector in Selected Areas in South Africa: A Case Study of KwaZulu-Natal. Currently he is a Professor with School of economics and Finace, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In this book, professor Tewari reviews the managementof nontimber forest products of India under the control of Forest development Corporationsduring the last 30 years or so. Author suggests a new approach towards managing this economically important resource so as to reform the functioning of ailing corporations in the interest of tribal communities. A cooperative framework, which entrusts the management of nontimber forest products to the tribal communities, along with a support price program and effective coordination of market forces, is recommended for sustainable and socially-rewarding management of nontimber forest products. Thus, a more decentralized management of nontimber forest products and nationally coordinated marketing framework is to be developed.
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