Date:24/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/05/24/stories/2007052404781200.htm

Back Shifting tack

A. Roy Chowdhury

CASHING IN ON NEW INITIATIVES: A tribal man of Rava community nurturing jute plantation in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Tribals in Dooars region are gradually shifting from cultivation of maize and paddy to jute and other cash crops with the help of the Forest Department.