Chapter 1: Geo-Environmental Settings

1.1 Location and Extension

1.2 International Boundary Line

1.3 National Boundary Line

1.4 Major Landforms of Mizoram

1.4.1 Mountainous Mainland

1.4.2 Structural Hills and the Valley Regions

1.4.3 Plain Regions

1.5 Altitudinal Zones

1.6 Soil Taxonomy

1.7 Major Rivers of Mizoram

1.7.1 The River Flowing Towards North

1.7.2 Rivers Flowing Towards South

1.7.3 River Flowing Toward West

1.8 Geological Set-Up

Chapter 2: Climate of Mizoram

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Temperature

2.3 Rainfall

2.4 Relative Humidity

2.5 Climate Zones and Isohyets

Chapter 3: Forests of Mizoram

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Altitudinal Zones and Floral Biodiversity

3.3 Bamboo Forest

3.4 National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries

3.5 Forest Cover Change

3.6 Use of Forests

3.7 Conservation of Forests

Chapter 4: History and Culture

4.1 History

4.2 Mautam Famine

4.3 Insurgency

4.4 Mizoram after Statehood

4.5 Society, Custom, and Culture

4.6 Fairs and Festivals

Chapter 5: Population and Socio-Economic Development

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Population Structure

5.3 District-wise Population, Density, Sex Ratio, Literacy, and Rural-Urban Population

5.4 Tribal Population

5.5 Major Tribes of Mizoram

5.6 Socio-Economic Development

5.7 Potential of Industrial Development

5.7.1 Food Processing

5.7.2 Hand Looms and Handicrafts

5.8 Transportation

5.8.1 Roads

5.8.2 Airways

5.8.3 Railways

5.8.4 Waterways

5.9 Hydropower Potential

5.10 Potentials of Tourist Development

5.11 Major Places of Tourists’ Interest

5.12 Mineral Resources

Chapter 6: Land Use Pattern

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Land Use/Cover Change

6.3 Forest Area and Change at District Level

6.4 Area under Different Forest Types and Change

Chapter 7: Agricultural Practices

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Agro-climatic Zones

7.3 Agricultural Practices

7.4 Changes in Area, Production, and Yield of Principal Crops

7.5 Major Drivers of Changing Agriculture Practices

7.5.1 Land Ownership

7.5.2 Occupational Change

7.5.3 Low Production and Productivity of Crops from Jhuming cultivation

7.5.4 Climate Variability and Change

7.5.5 Jhuming Cultivation induced Environmental Degradation

7.5.6 New Land Use Policy

7.5.7 Education

7.5.8 Lacking Market Facilities

Chapter 8: Shifting Cultivation

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Economic Impact

8.2.1 Area Under Shifting Cultivation and Change

8.3 Area Sown: Agricultural Land, Current Jhumlands and Abandoned Jhumland

8.4 Shifting Cultivation: A Way of Life of Jhumias

8.4.1 Jhum Cycle

8.5 Environmental Impact of Shifting Cultivation

Chapter 9: Wet Rice Cultivation

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Area, Production, and Yield of Paddy under both Shifting and WRC

9.3 District-wise Area of WRC

9.4 District-wise Production of WRC

9.5 District-wise Yield of WRC

9.6 Change in Area, Production, and Yield of WRC

9.7 Household Level Area and Production of WRC

9.8 Household Involved in WRC and BPL Families

9.9 Utilization of WRC Potential Area

9.10 District-wise Ranking of Different Components of WRC

9.11 A Requirement of Rice for Self-Sufficiency

Chapter 10: Oil Palm Plantation

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Practices of Oil Palm Plantation

10.3 District-wise Area under Oil Palm Plantation

10.4 The Trend of Area under Oil Palm Plantation

10.5 Fresh Fruit Bunches Harvested in Mizoram

Chapter 11: Horticultural Practices

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Horticulture Centres

11.3 Principal Fruit Crops

11.3.1 Orange

11.3.2 Grape

11.3.3 Passion Fruit

11.3.4 Papaya

11.3.4 Papaya

11.3.6 Pineapple

11.4 Vegetables, Flowers, Spices, and Plantation Crops

11.4.1 Mushroom

11.4.2 Flowers

11.4.3 Spices

11.4.4 Plantation Crops

11.5 Area, Production, and Productivity of Fruits and Spices

11.6 Changes in Area, Production, and Productivity

11.7 Area and Production of Vegetables

Chapter 12: Livestock Farming

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Animal Population

12.3 Trends of Milk, Egg, and Meat Production

12.3.1 Milk Production

12.3.2 Egg Production

12.3.3 Meat Production

Chapter 13: New Land Use Policy and Sustainable Permanent Agriculture

13.1 Introduction

13.2 New Land Use Policy

13.3 Distribution of Permanent Agricultural Land

13.4 Role of New Land Use Policy in Promoting Permanent Agriculture

13.5 Permanent Agriculture in and Surrounding of Villages

13.6 NLUP Components and Allocation