Agriculture in India is vertical backbone of the country and is regarded as the largest sector of the state economy in which the majority of people earn their livelihood. The Government of India decided to establish an organization State Agricultural University (SAUs) on land grand pattern with three fold functions viz. Teaching, Research, and Extension Educat...

Odisha is inhabited by 62 tribes with constituting 22.43 per cent of the total State population. The livelihood strategies of households are determined mostly by their social, demographic, economic and cultural settings. Tribal economy is affected by poverty of the physical environment, ignorance of efficient technique of exploiting natural resources and lack o...

Agriculture and allied activities continue to be a key sector of the economy of Jharkhand. A large section of the population living in villages depends on agriculture and associated activities for their food, livelihood, employment and incomes. The agricultural sector in Jharkhand is characterized by small net sown area, large arable waste, low irrigation coverage ...

The objective of the study was to assess the livelihood security of women agripreneurs of SHGs in Kerala in terms of food, occupational, habitat, educational, social, health and environmental security and was carried out in three districts namely, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, and Malappuram. Eighteen viable women SHGs involved in agripreneurship were selected ...

The study was undertaken in Hyderabad-Karnataka state to assess cost and returns under major farming systems, net income of the farmers from different sources and significant influence of area and dairy in major farming systems. Four major farming systems viz., Crop+Dairy (C+D), Crop+Horticulture (C+H), Horticulture+Dairy (H+D) and Crop+Dairy+Horticulture (C+H+...

The study was undertaken in Kolar district of Karnataka state to assess livelihood security of farm households and their dependence on market for consumption of food and extent of utilization of benefits from developmental programmes. Four major farming systems viz, Crop+Dairy, Crop+Sericulture, Crop+Dairy+Sericulture and Crop+Sheep were identified based on prelimi...

Live stock plays an important role in the socio economic lives of the people of a country. They provide a means of livelihood to millions of poor farmers across the country.