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to cultivate rice. Since it is cash rich crops, not only the villagers but also the educated, employee of
the govt. and students have also started cultivating it.
iii) To find out whether it generates employments in the area:-The cultivation of the cardamom is
generating an employment for the unskilled labor directly in the area and also youth of the area are
taking it as a source of income.
iv) To find out the impacts of opium cultivation in the area:-In some parts of the state farmers are
cultivating opium as an easy source of income.
Sample State / District/ Villages: Arunachal Pradesh / Lower subansiri, kra-dadi and Anjaw/ Yazali,
Yachuli, joram, Ziro, Talo, Deed and Dem inl/subansiri :Tassar, Palin, Yaglung, Amji, Pungte, Meer and
Oldpalin in kra-d: Huilong, Tulangkano, Sengung, and Hawaii in Anjaw.
Sample size: 90 samples.
Research Methodology:
Primary Sources:- (i)Observation:- Observation was the most important tool used in the field survey
to collect primary data/ information relevant to the study. To conduct a survey and collect data for the
study, the three districts of Arunachal Pradesh have been covered and interacted with the farmers of
these districts and collected information through questionnaire, along with it the observation played a
significant role by removing communication gaps- as these three districts consists of various tribes and
sub-tribes whose dialects are different, which are difficult to understand by the outsiders. In this case,
by observing the activities and resources available in the area researcher needs to collect all the relevant
information of the project.
As the some objectives of the report seeks experience of the researcher, such as- to know the effects of
weather conditions on crops, difficulties faced by the farmers and to find out the level of people involved
in the horticulture productions. (ii) Questionnaire:- Questionnaire is the most important tool for the
collections of primary data for the study, by framing a proper questionnaire in advance which covers
all the necessary questions to gather information required for the study. The questionnaire can be in
structured and unstructured form and contains various types of the questions, such as- Open ended,
closed ended and mixed question.
In this research, to collect the data, both structured and unstructured questionnaire was used, structured
questionnaire was used to collect the information related to the cultivation of the large cardamom and
unstructured questionnaire was used to collect the other horticulture crops. And also various types of
questions were used in the questionnaire such as- open ended, in which respondent had been given a
free space to respond in their way. Closed ended questions, where respondents were given ‘Yes or No’
type questions and mixed questions were also used.
To cover the three districts of Arunachal Pradesh, 90 questionnaires were prepared, 30 questionnaires
for each district. The questionnaire were used to interact with the farmers (face-to-face and indirectly)
of the three selected districts. Structured questionnaire were used most of the time, which focused only
on cardamom cultivations and cultivators. And unstructured questionnaire were also used to collects
the relevant information for the study.
