INCOME GENERATION FROM ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AMONG TRIBAL WOMEN

The study was conducted among 225 tribal women in 8 villages of Tamia block and 7 villages of Pipariya block of Chhindwara and Hoshangabad d istricts, of Madhya Pradesh respectively. Generation of income in anim al husbandry (AH) was higher in roadside villages and higher the level of employment in AH, higher was the income generation from this secto r. Communication behaviour, productivity of milch animals, level of as piration and respondents' attitude toward productivity, income generat ion, employment generation and livestock rearing as an economic enterp rise were positively and significantly correlated, whereas family size and attitude toward minor forest produce (MFP) as an economic enterpr ise were negatively bur significantly correlated with income generatio n from AH.