Common property resources: a missing dimension of development strategies (Record no. 47176)

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International Standard Book Number 821321463
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Classification number 338.90091724 JOD
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Personal name Jodha, N. S.
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Title Common property resources: a missing dimension of development strategies
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. World Bank
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1992
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Extent 87 p.
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Summary, etc. Common Property Resources (CPRS) continue to be an important part of communities natural resource endowment in developing countries. Despite their valuable contributions to people's sustenance, environmental stability and the strengthening of private resource based farming systems, they are neglected by researchers, policy makers and development planners alike. Disregard of CPRs and their productive potential is a major missing dimension of rural development strategies in developing countries and reflects much of the officialdom's indifference to environmental protection. This is illustrated by the status and changes in CPRs in the dry tropical regions of India, where not only are CPRs not integrated into rural development strategies but they are left prone to rapid degradation. largely induced by side effects of other development and welfare policies.<br/>The paper argues that due to the convergence between potential CPR-centered policies/programs and the emerging concerns for participatory development, environmental sustainability and poverty alleviation, CPRS could be made an effective component of rural development strategies in areas such as the dry regions of India.<br/><br/>The paper reports and analyzes the empirical findings from a study of CPRs conducted by the author while working at ICRISAT during the 1980s. Based on four years of field work covering 82 villages in over 20 districts of India's dry region, the study has quantified the benefits of CPRs in terms of employment, income and physical supplies, and has recorded some less quantifiable contributions.<br/>The study reveals that relatively poor households depend more on CPRs. They receive the bulk of their fuel supplies and fodder from CPRs. CPR product collection is an important source of employment and income, especially during the periods when other opportunities are almost non existent. Furthermore, although likely to be under-estimated, CPR income accounts for 14 to 23 percent of household income from all other sources in the study villages. More importantly, the inclusion of CPR income in total household incomes from other sources, reduces the extent of rural income inequalities, as indicated by lower values of the Gini-coefficient. In the case of poor households, per worker employment days generated by CPRS are higher than the employment available on families' own farm or even on the public works programs. CPRS contributions to private resource based farming systems are also very significant. About 31 to 42 percent of non-purchased farm inputs during different stages of cropping season are provided by CPRs in cash or kind. The less quantifiable gains of CPRS relate to the health and stability of environmental resources at the village level. The paper gives a descriptive account of some of them.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Natural resources developing countries , management
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