Abstract
Weekly markets in tribal areas are an important socioeconomic institution. Surveys were conducted during 1997-1999 in over one dozen rural markets in Surguja in the State of Madhya Pradesh in the central region of India. Tribals bring products of at least 30 species to these markets for sale. Traders from towns come to these markets to purchase forest produce; others set up small shops for selling consumer goods such as ready-made clothes, toiletries, utensils, stationery, some plastic goods, match boxes, and some cereals and tobacco.
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Kumar, V., Jain, S.K. Plant products in some tribal markets of central India. Econ Bot 56, 242–245 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0242:PPISTM]2.0.CO;2
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