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      <journal-title>International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation</journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2141-243X</issn>      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Academic Journals</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5897/IJBC2012.039</article-id>
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        <article-title><![CDATA[Research and policy framework for conservation and utilization of edible bamboo in northeast India]]></article-title>
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        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>J.</surname>
            <given-names>M. S. Tomar</given-names>
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        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>O.P.</surname>
            <given-names>Chaturvedi</given-names>
	          </name>	
        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>A.</surname>
            <given-names>Arunachalam</given-names>
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		<corresp id="cor1">* E-mail: <email xlink:type="simple">arun70@gmail.com</email></corresp>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2014</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
      	<day>31</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2014</year>
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      			<date date-type="received">
			<day>22</day>
			<month>03</month>
			<year>2012</year>
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						<date date-type="accepted">
			<day>10</day>
			<month>01</month>
			<year>2013</year>
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      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>10</issue>
	  	  <fpage>743</fpage>
	  <lpage>749</lpage>
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      <abstract><![CDATA[India harbours large bamboo germplasm and most bamboo growth in the country are through human interventions, particularly in the hilly environment.  The local communitiesrsquo; associate greater sense of ethics towards this group of plants and are also consumed on a day-to-day basis in different forms. Thus, edible bamboo species gains significance both culturally as well as on economic terms.  The strengths and weaknesses of cultivating edible bamboo as a livelihood option in the north-eastern hill (NEH) region has been elucidated through a SWOT analysis in this paper. Over all, a research and policy framework is warranted and integrates the backward and forward linkages of bamboo resource management with the marketing linkages of edible bamboo for sustainable socio-economic development of the hill communities, particularly in the biodiversity rich north-east hill region of India.

	Key words: Edible bamboo, conservation, utilization, Northeast India, policy.]]></abstract>
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