Co-operative procurement and marketing of Tendu leaves in Madhya Pradesh: Image and reality

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Co-operative procurement and marketing of Tendu leaves in Madhya Pradesh: Image and reality

Sharachchandra Lele, R. Venkat Ramanujam, Jeetesh Rai

Environment and Development Discussion Paper No. 3, ATREE

January 2015


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The MP (and Chhattisgarh) model of minor forest produce cooperatives procures and markets tendu leaf, and has been lauded by various committees as being the best approach to enhancing forest-dweller incomes and assuring their rights, and coming ‘closest to the soul and spirit of the PESA’. There are, however, no systematic assessments of this model after 1998. This report presents the results of a study of tendu leaf procurement and marketing in Madhya Pradesh during 2010-12. 

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