The Chiru's Moroi: Forgotten Indigenous Food Product of Manipur

Partakson Romun Chiru, Dr. Rajmani Singha

Abstract: Abstract The present study was initiated to evaluate the Chiru Moroi cultivator?s socio-economic features vis-?-vis their relationship with income from Chiru Moroi cultivation. The study was conducted at Bungte chiru development block under kangpokpi district. Four villages were selected in convenience of the researchers. A total of 80 completed questionnaires could be collected randomly from respondents who held major responsibility of Chiru Moroi farming activity. The data was administered using SPSS 21.0 for analysis. Linear regression was used to find out whether age, education, initial capital, cost of labour and area of cultivation are a useful predictor of income or not.

Keywords: Chiru moroi, socio-economic, cultivation, income