Livestock as a Source of Income Equity – An Evidence from Rural Tamil Nadu

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dc.contributor.authorSenthilkumar, G
dc.contributor.authorSelvakumar, KN
dc.contributor.authorPrabu, M
dc.contributor.authorPandian, A. Serma Saravana
dc.contributor.authorValli, C
dc.contributor.authorThilakar, P
dc.contributor.authorTANUVAS
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-08T06:48:10Z
dc.date.available2019-03-08T06:48:10Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.descriptionTNV_IJLR_2019_9(1)111-118en_US
dc.description.abstractA study was conducted to ascertain the role of livestock in ensuring income equity among the rural farmers of Tamil Nadu using randomly selected 540 sample households from six poverty prone districts of Tamil Nadu. The study period was August 2013 to October 2014. The sample respondents were post-stratified based on the occupation as crop cultivators, livestock farmers, fishermen, agricultural labourers and nonfarm workers, etc. The measures of income inequality viz. Gini coefficient (Gi), Theil’s L index and Theil’s T index were calculated and Lorenz curve was plotted to ascertain the income equity among different rural occupations. The income distribution curve of non-farm occupation was at more distance from line of equality indicating higher inequality (Gini co-efficient of 0.4216), followed by crop cultivators and fishing. The inequality was found to be less among livestock farmers (Gini co-efficient of 0.2350), as the livestock are giving stable and year-round income. Among different species of livestock, cattle had lowest income inequality (Gini co-efficient of 0.1868), followed by buffalo, goat and sheep. As the livestock component ensures income-equity, they might be encouraged and incorporated in poverty alleviation programmes. Among livestock based occupations, cattle and buffalo farming should be encouraged as the results indicated that these species ensures income equity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810097781
dc.keywordsEquity, Gini Co-efficient, Income Inequality, Livestock, Lorenz Curve, Theil Indexen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages111-118en_US
dc.publisherPashupati Foundation Indiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;1
dc.subjectVeterinary Scienceen_US
dc.titleLivestock as a Source of Income Equity – An Evidence from Rural Tamil Naduen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Journal of Livestock Researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.volume9en_US
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