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SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt

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The Meaning of Sufficiency Economy <br />

International Conference<br />

321<br />

Sufficiency Practices in Uttarakhand <br />

Bisht (2006) found that in order to provide employment and raise socioeconomic<br />

standards of local and poor people, Uttarakhand state has to sustain its<br />

forestry and ecological areas. Uttarakhand is known for its natural beauty, it have<br />

many places as world heritage. It is the first state which formed Tourism<br />

Development Board by legislation. Many policies have been introduced to develop<br />

agriculture and agriculture base system for making the path to the growth.<br />

Government is promoting organic farming in the state and promoting Uttarakhnd as<br />

a organic state. Government providing seeds to the farmers which are suitable for<br />

the hill agriculture and which are also good in the yield. There are enormous<br />

opportunities lies in the state as the multi-cropping system combined with animal<br />

husbandry through cattle rearing, poultry, fishing, bee keeping, etc (Shekhar, 2007).<br />

The processing of fruits and vegetables, vocational training for youths, and banking<br />

and insurance in the service sector can provide livelihood security and support.<br />

Development of all these areas along with infrastructure development and better<br />

education facilities can be a direction for sustainable development of the hill regions<br />

for better quality of life to the inhabitants and to help halt migration from villages.<br />

Agricultural productivity and movement from a traditional to a modern system are<br />

crucial for growth and development of the state and districts <br />

Following practices has been adopted by the people and government of<br />

Uttarakhand to develop a sufficiency economy. <br />

1) Joint Forest Management Program (JFM) <br />

Uttarakhand is known for its bio diversity and natural habitats, so the<br />

government is very keen to preserve it. For this, government developed Joint forest<br />

management program. JFM is a concept for protecting and developing forest by the<br />

partnership between fringe forest user groups and forest department on the basis of<br />

mutual role and responsibilities. The root objective is to protect forest with the help<br />

of peoples. This concept is emerging as a sustainable forestry in the forest regime,<br />

which includes adaptation to the changes in the need and want of the people and<br />

their capabilities to protect the forest, as they are closely related to the forest. JFM<br />

includes rehabilitation of degraded forest areas with the help of forest committees<br />

and peoples organizations. It also provides a source of livelihood to the local<br />

peoples. <br />

Many approaches have been integrated in the JFM like: <br />

a) Village resource development <br />

b) Micro-watershed development <br />

c) water and soil conservation <br />

d) Rural infrastructure development

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