Vol. 10 (6) : November-December 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (6) : 702-707 ; November-December, 2019
Livelihood security of farm households in Southern dry zone of Karnataka – An economic analysis
BHAVYA A.P.1* and K.B. UMESH2
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(bhavya816@gmail.com), 2Professor & University Head
Subject : Agriculture Economics, Agri-Business, Marketing & Statistics, Farm Management
Paper No. : P-7782
Total Pages : 6
Received : 05 November 2019
Revised accepted : 11 November 2019
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Citation :
BHAVYA A.P. and K.B. UMESH. 2019. Livelihood security of farm households in Southern dry zone of Karnataka – An economic analysis. Green Farming Vol. 10 (6) : 702-707 ; November-December, 2019
ABSTRACT
The present research work makes an effort to understand the livelihood security of farmers adopting various farming systems like Crop+Sheep, Crop+Dairy, Crop+Dairy+Sericulture and Crop+Dairy+Hortiuclutre in SDZ of Karnataka. The livelihood index has been developed for farm households under different sub-components like economics, food, health, education, habitat, social participation and composite index. The composite livelihood security of C + D + H farming system was highest than the other farming systems. In case of economic security, C + D + H farming system households had highest index (0.46) than the other farming systems. The dairy and sericulture components contribute highest to the total income in the existing farming system. Hence, the addition of enterprises like dairy, sericulture, sheep, horticulture, which are suitable to the zone can add to the income, besides enhancing the nutritional and livelihood security of the farm households.
Key words :
Farming system, Food consumption, Food security, Livelihood security.
