Expansion of Area under Rubber Plantation and its Distribution in Tripura, India

Raju Debbarma; Subrata Purkayastha

doi:10.20896/saci.v6i5.344

Vol. 6 No. 5 (2019)
Space and Culture, India

Research

Expansion of Area under Rubber Plantation and its Distribution in Tripura, India

Published 2019-03-31

Raju Debbarma
Subrata Purkayastha

Raju Debbarma
North Eastern Hill University

Subrata Purkayastha
North Eastern Hill University

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Received 2018-07-18
Accepted 2019-01-14
Published 2019-03-31

Abstract

Rubber plantation was introduced in the state of Tripura in 1963. This state is emerging as an important producer of natural rubber in India, second only to Kerala. This research attempts to assess the role of rubber plantation as a policy intervention by the state to usher in the development of the marginalised population of Tripura. It examines the expansion of the area under rubber plantation and its present distribution pattern in the state. In doing so, it attempts to discuss and analyse the factors responsible for such expansion, distribution and identification of the core areas of concentration of rubber plantation through the use of secondary data, which has been analysed using concentration index.

Keywords

Rubber Plantation, Growth, Distribution, Concentration Index, Tripura

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Author Biography

Raju Debbarma

Mr. Raju Debbarma is a Ph.D scholar in the Dept of Geography North Eartern Hill University Shillong.

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