Year: 2016 | Month: June | Volume 61 | Issue 2
Demographic synergies of North East India and Geo-temporal transformation in agriculture
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2016.00045.0
Abstract:
The study was conducted based on available secondary published data collected from various sources pertaining from the period of 1991-92 to 2013-14. The study is an attempt to examine the demographic pattern and changes of cultivators and agricultural labourers in the states, changes of land utilization, shift in technology and state income. It was observed that the states of NE India were thinly populated except in Assam and Tripura. Migration was one of the factors of shift of population in the region. The increase of agricultural labourers was higher which might be due to marginalization and crowded pattern of agriculture. Stagnation of area for agricultural use indicated a slow progress of agricultural development in the states during the last twenty-five years. The cropping pattern as a group in the region inclined towards fruits, vegetables and oilseeds while it declined for spices. The percentage share of cereals did not change during this period; it was higher in Assam and Tripura while it was quite low in other states. Agricultural income did not grow faster and was found to decline in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura which needs the attention of the planners. Agriculture in NE India is still subsistence in nature.
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