FRA lands can support sustainable tribal agriculture and food security
Quick dive
- The Forest Rights Act, 2006, has strengthened land and livelihood rights of forest-dwelling communities.
- A cited assessment identifies 60 tribal districts with major oilseed potential and 31 with strong pulse potential.
- Twenty-three districts reportedly have favourable conditions for both pulses and oilseeds.
- The editorial recommends GIS-based crop planning, better seeds, irrigation, storage, processing, procurement and convergence with schemes.
- exam_relevance: provides a testable intersection of FRA, tribal livelihoods, district-level agricultural potential and import reduction through pulses and oilseeds.
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