IMPACT OF INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION (IFSD) PROGRAMME ON LIVELIHOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SECURITY OF FARMERS OF MANDYA DISTRICT
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2017-08-21
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
The present study was conducted during 2016-17 in Mandya taluk of Karnataka
state. A sample of, 160 beneficiaries and 40 non-beneficiaries from 14 villages of
Mandya taluk. The results of overall livelihood security, nearly half of the (46.87 %)
beneficiaries belonged to the high category. Whereas, 77.50 per cent of non-beneficiaries
comes under low category. With respect to nutritional security 41.25 per cent of
beneficiaries belonged to high category. Whereas, 60.00 per cent of the non-beneficiaries
comes under low category. The results of ‘t’ test indicates that the overall livelihood and
nutritional security mean score of beneficiaries was 207.00 and 95.30 as compared to
non-beneficiaries, who got 183.88 and 85.83. The difference in mean value was
significant at one per cent level. This clearly indicates that beneficiaries had high impact
than non-beneficiaries. The R2 value pointed out that all the 20 independent variables had
contributed to the tune of 86.50 per cent and 68.70 per cent of variation in livelihood
security in case of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries respectively. With respect to
nutritional security, the R2 value pointed out that all the 20 independent variables had
contributed to the tune of 85.70 per cent and 65.30 per cent of variation in case of
beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. More number of beneficiaries expressed lack of
remunerative prices for farm produce and high price fluctuation as major constraint.
Whereas, majority of the non-beneficiaries expressed lack of awareness and government
encouragement about the subsidiary as a major constraint.
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