Lac-marketing in Purulia District

The issues of forest people and their livelihood based on forest products are important in the context of rural development. Non-wood forest products (NWFPS) play much role in the livelihood of poor, insecure and marginalized farm-families of Purulia district of West Bengal, India. Lac represents such a high value non timber forest products to them having wide range of application in industries. This book articulates many unread facets of lac-economy focusing rual people.

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The author is former Director of Research, BCKV, currently the seniormost professor in the Department of Ag. Economics and Honarary Director: Comprehensive Scheme (GOI). Mitra authors more than seventy research papers and five books (chapter). Sri Bishnu Charan Mahato is a Ph.D student in Agril. Economics, BCKV, specialized in Lac-economics.