Augmenting Farmer Producer Company through Aligning Indigenous Community Based Beliefs and Practices: Learnings from Abotani Community of Eastern Himalayan Region

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems & Management Science (ISMS) 2019 | Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India

5 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2020

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Pill Biman

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

Adikanda Parida

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

Shibabrata Choudhury

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

Saibal Chatterjee

NIT Mizoram

Date Written: December 30, 2019

Abstract

Abotani community of eastern Himalayan region have been recognized as one the ethnic groups with comprising of many tribes of same antecedent. Their old scientific management of natural resources through their indigenous belief and practice system. The traditional knowledge of the community, though has not been recorded in the writing format, has been preserved by passing the knowledge from one generation to another generation by word of mouth and daily need-based practices. The paper highlights the inter-relationship between indigenous community-based beliefs and practicing cooperation and management of natural resources and farming practices for many centuries. preserve and scientific agroforestry approaches such as The Abotani community has also been involved in community management practices like Kebang, Kabo,Soru-Ruth, Rongo-Ray, Aka Mele, Buling. The paper has emphasized the similarity with that of present days' village community management system and modern. Finally, the paper has attempted to focus on the success story of a commercially viable cooperative farming.

Keywords: Abotani, Farmer producer company, Subansiri farmer Producer Company

Suggested Citation

Biman, Pill and Parida, Adikanda and Choudhury, Shibabrata and Chatterjee, Saibal, Augmenting Farmer Producer Company through Aligning Indigenous Community Based Beliefs and Practices: Learnings from Abotani Community of Eastern Himalayan Region (December 30, 2019). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems & Management Science (ISMS) 2019 | Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3511431 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3511431

Pill Biman (Contact Author)

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) ( email )

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Adikanda Parida

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) ( email )

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Shibabrata Choudhury

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) ( email )

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Saibal Chatterjee

NIT Mizoram ( email )

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