%0 Journal Article
%T Hunger and Coping Strategies among Kondh Tribe in Kalahandi District, Odisha (Eastern India)
%A Gadadhara Mohapatra
%J Transcience : a Journal of Global Studies
%D 2012
%I Global Studies Programme
%X The paper presents the field notes about the local coping strategies adopted by the tribal's and forest dwellers to escape from hunger in the forest-based and mining areas of Kalahandi district of Odisha in Eastern India. It analyses the methods which the poor people employ to combat recurrent drought conditions and food shortages in the study area. The paper also highlights various aspects of the tribal households and villagers such as: the social identity and livelihoods of Dongaria Kondh, health and nutritional status, food consumption-related coping strategies, functioning of PDS, benefit that the villagers received from different government schemes, land-holding system, indebtedness, impact of mining on people, and perception of villager's about the food security situation over the past 10 years. The paper provides a critical appraisal of development in these tribal regions in the lines of rights based framework and further suggest strengthening the livelihood strategies of the local people.
%K Hunger
%K Chronic Poverty
%K Coping Strategies
%K Food Security
%K Rights-based approach
%K Shifting Cultivation
%K Bauxite Mining
%K Tribal
%K Kalahandi
%K Odisha
%K Eastern India
%U http://www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/Vol3_Issue2_2012_51_60.pdf