Dynamics of Household and Regional Economy in Banni Grasslands, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

This paper was written by B. L. Manjunatha, Anandkumar Naorem, Dipika Hajong and Pratibha Tewari. It was published in the peer-reviewed journal Sustainability on September 8, 2022. The study for this paper involved an extensive field survey of Banni grasslands, the largest tropical grassland in the Indian subcontinent, located in the Bhuj taluka in the Kachchh district, Gujarat. The research was funded by the Central Arid Zone Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India. As per the 2011-2012 census, the Banni region's population is around 21,338. The present study involved the primary survey of 280 households from 13 villages in the region, conducted between July 2014 and June 2019 through personal interviews...