Livelihood security of small and marginal farm families in rohtak division of haryana state
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2017
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CCSHAU
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The present study was conducted in Rohtak division of Haryana state. Two districts viz.
Sonipat and Karnal and one block from each district were selected randomly. Seventy five small and
marginal farm families from each selected village were drawn randomly making total 300 respondents.
Sixteen independent variables and three dependent variables were selected. Data was collected with the
help of well-structured interview schedule. The inferences were drawn on the basis of frequency,
percentage, weighted mean score and coefficient of correlation.
The study revealed that majority of respondents belonged to 35-50 years of age, educated upto
secondary, general caste, married, having nuclear family with medium family size, had farming as their
main occupation. Majority of the respondents had negligible social participation, used high localite
sources, medium cosmopolite and medium mass media source of information utilization. Majority of
farm families used double cropping patterrn, had medium cropping intensity. Physical capital in both
the districts was found high.Human capital, social capital and financial capitals were found of medium
level while natural capital was low in Karnal district and medium in Sonipat district. Overall livelihood
security index showedfood security was reported to be high while nutrition security, economic security,
shelter/water and sanitation security, health security, education security and access to institution were
found to be of medium level. Farm families faced lack of capital, high labour cost as their main
livelihood problems. Video film on ‘Swachh Jal Behtar Kal’ was developed by using standard
procedures. The effectiveness of Video Compact Disc (VCD) was assessed through several parameters.
Effectiveness of Video Compact Disc (VCD) in terms of audio quality, visual quality, content
importance and presentation of message was rated as high.Family size, family education status,
occupation, annual income and information source utilization were positively and significantly
correlated with all livelihood capitals except natural capital. Age, family size, family education status,
occupation, annual income and information source utilization were positively and significantly
correlated with all livelihood securities.
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