Impact of crop diversification on socio-economic life of tribal farmers: A case study from Eastern ghats of India

TL;DR

This study examines how crop diversification positively influences the socio-economic well-being of tribal farmers in India's Eastern Ghats, using statistical analysis to demonstrate improvements in their social and economic lives.

Contribution

It provides empirical evidence on the positive impact of crop diversification on tribal farmers' socio-economic conditions in a specific Indian region.

Findings

Positive correlation between crop diversification and socio-economic factors

Improved social and economic conditions post diversification

Statistical validation of diversification benefits

Abstract

In this study we investigated impact of crop diversification on socio-economic life of tribal people from eastern ghats of India. We have adopted linear regression formalism to check impact of cross diversification. We observe a positive intercept for almost all factors. Coefficient of correlation is calculated to examine the inter dependence of CDI and our various individually measured dependent variables. A positive correlation is observed in almost all factors. This study shows that a positive change occurred in their social, economic life in the post diversification era.