Participatory Forest Management in Odisha: Implementation, Outcomes and Livelihood Impacts

Kailas Sarap is at present Professor of Economics at Sambhalpur University (Orissa) and has been a visiting fellow at the University of Namur, Belgium and Common Wealth Fellow at the University of Oxford.  He has written extensively, in international and national research journals, including the Journal of Peasant Studies; the Cambridge journal of Economics, Development and Change, Economic and Political Weekly and Indian Economic Review; and has authored a book entitled “Interlinked Agrarian Markets in Rural India”, Sage India.  His research interests include agrarian relations; land and labour markets and natural resource economics.