Livelihood security of small and marginal farm families, adopted conventional and integrated farming system: A comparative analysis Bano Naaz1,*, Yadav Beena2, Kumari Neelam3 1Assistant Professor, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, New Delhi 2Professor & Head, Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana 3Subject Matter Specialist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hapur, SVPUA&T, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh *Corresponding author email id: naazbano1995@gmail.com
Online Published on 30 March, 2024. Abstract Livelihood security is defined as adequate stock and flow of food and cash with an individual or a family to meet its basic needs. Secure ownership of, or access to, resources and income-generating activities, including reserves and assets to mitigate risks, relieve shocks, and prepare for contingencies. Small and marginal farm families dominate on agrarian based economy like India, their small operational base makes it unfeasible to enhance the incomes of these households only by raising the existing crop yields and furthermore it is difficult for the farmers to acquire adequate resources to sustain themselves and their livelihoods. Integrated farming system approach, is a valuable approach to addressing the problems of sustainable economic growth for farming communities. Thus present study entitled “Livelihood Security of Small and Marginal Farm Families Adopted Conventional and Integrated farming system: A Comparative Analysis” was conducted and a total of four livelihood security parameters were selected. Findings of the study depicts that the livelihoods of IFS farm families were more secure in comparison to CFS farm families. The results of the study also indicates that livelihood securities of both CFS and IFS farm families had positive and significant correlation with education, monthly family income, land holding, farming experience, livestock possession, possession of agricultural implements and possession of household assets, social participation, extension participation, mass media exposure, training exposure and exposure to e- services. Top Keywords Agriculture, Behavior, Conventional, Farmers, Information, Integrated. Top |