Livelihood opportunities of small and marginal farm families in Haryana state

Abstract

India is facing now-a-days is achieving inclusive growth and proper strategy to revive Indian agriculture. The farm population has been waiting patiently year after year for a 'new deal' for agriculture. Doubling agricultural growth is the immediate challenge. However, the package of the recent strategy and efforts seems to be incremental, rather than a holistic for reviving agriculture. Present study was conducted in Gurgaon division of Haryana state and two districts from Gurgaon division i.e. Rewari and Mahendragarh were selected randomly. From selected two blocks Jatusana and Kanina, four villages (two from each block) Dahina and Maseet from Jatusana and Kakrala and Rambas from Kanina were selected randomly. From the selected villages a sample of 75 small and marginal farm families from was drawn randomly to make the total sample size of 300 farm families. The results depicted that in Mahendergarh district main opportunity available to the farm families 'Related to household' was in the form of livestock husbandry, educated family members and skill enhancement with highest average weighted mean score 1.79, rank I followed by 'Provided by the government' (Rank II, WMS 1.71), respectively.

Livelihood Security of Small and Marginal Farmers in Ambala Division of Haryana State

“…AMEU (2016) revealed that respondents relied in super market for purchase of food. The findings of Jodha (2018) were in line with the findings of present study (Table 1).…”

“…Similar findings were reported by Adekoya (2009) that vegetable being most affordable food item and easily accessible consumed by 90.00 per cent of respondents. Similar findings were reported by Jodha (2018) that it was consumed by 54.33 per cent of the households. To meet food security and nutritional requirements of the family, food intake must be from different food groups.…”

“…The study further showed that cent per cent of the household had consumption of cereals in both of the selected districts. Shakti et al, (2013), Rani (2015) and Jodha (2018) observed that daily consumption of cereals food group was maximum as compared to other food groups. Second rank was given by selected household to the consumption of milk and milk products in the present study.…”

Food and Nutrition Consumption of Rural Households in Northern India

“…This finding is consistent with the one obtained in the study of Ferrao et al, (2018), where it was found the prevalence of underweight and obesity was small. The present findings are also in line with Jethi et al, (2018) and Jodha & Dahiya (2019).…”

“…It is clear from the data that the dietary intake of women had low as majority of them been food consumption of two meals a day. The findings are in line with Jodha et al, (2019) & Gupta et al, (2020.…”