Yield Income And Livelihood In Indian Farming: Conflict And Compliances

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'The sociology of Agriculture has now built up a strong kinship with ecology of agriculture; and in between there have been income, productivity and livelihood for myriad of farmers with ecology of agriculture with marginal land and fragile income. It is nearly difficult to drive the apparently conflicting issues of income, ecology, productivity and livelihood to form an organic orchestration of what we call sustainable agriculture. The present book entitled Yield, Income and Livelihood in Indian Farming: Conflicts and Compliances has delved deeper into this intricacies of inherent conflict and conciliations of these three fulcrums of Indian Farming. It has been examined that whether with a positive change in income in farming, a positive growth in livelihood generations has been followed. While examining yield behavior, it is also an imperative that both the issues of income and livelihood have been resolved positively. This book has been a result of empirical study and hard evidences generated thereafter. I hope, the book will offer a relook into our monolithic agriculture and rebuild a clandestine combination of yield, income, livelihood, which again can be extrapolated to combine ecological agenda and issues. Both for setting high end research on social ecology and Indian farming and promulgating effective policy framework both at macro and micro level.' Read more

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Introduction 1 2. Concepts and Theory 5 Theoretical Orientation 5 Defining Farmer, Farm and Farming System 5 Importance of Rice for Human Life 6 Calorie content 7 Current Scenario of Rice Farming in the World 7 Global Rice Production and Consumption 8 Resource Harvesting from the Pond: Hook and Line, Lula and Coastal Harvest 9 Linking Livelihoods and Poverty 10 Social Ecology of Hunger, Poverty and Livelihood in Indian Agriculture 10 Non-farm Sector as Part of the Development Strategy 11 Linking Food Systems to the Jobs Agenda 11 Skill Enhancement and Investment in Human Capital 12 Quality of Non-farm Sector 13 The Binary of Farm and off Farm Economy 13 Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods 15 Current Levels of Poverty and Deprivation 15 Basic Issues in Sustainability 16 Issues of sustainability in Agriculture in India 17 3. Literature Citation 25 Here are Some Reviews Related to Rice Farming 25 The Role of Agriculture in Development: 31 Mitigating Food Price Volatility and Ensuring Food Security 32 viii Farm Size and Land Tenure 33 Income Diversification in Rural Areas 33 4. Research Setting 37 Area of Study 38 Profile of the State West Bengal 38 Profile of Nadia District 41 Profile of Haringhata Block 46 Profile of Village 51 5. Research Methodology 59 Locale of Research 59 Sampling design 60 Pilot Study 61 Variables and their Measurement 61 Methods Used for Data Collection 65 Statistical Analysis and interpretation of Data (Analytic tools) 66 Principal Component Analysis 72 6. Research and Case Studies 75 7. Summary and Conclusion 129 Objectives of the Study 130 Research Setting 130 Research Methodology 130 Salient Findings 132 Canonical Covariate Analysis: Interaction between Left Side Dependent and Right Side Independent Variables 136 Conclusion 139 Glimpses of Field Interaction for Data Collection and Visualization 140 8. Future Scope of The Study 145 Limitations 145 Bibliography 147 Index 155 Read more

About the Author/Editor

Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kr. Acharya, presently, Dean, Post Graduate Studies; former Head, Dept. of Agril Extension and Director, Extension Education, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, WB, born on 6th October, 1960, started his career as Assistant Professor at BCKV in 1988 and has been in teaching, research and extension over 34 years. Research Publication: 243 in National and International Journals. Book Publication: 109 books authored / co-authored. Expert Member, Agriculture Commission; Marketing and Extension Sub Committee, Govt. of West Bengal; Expert member WWF projects in BTR (Buxa Tiger Reserve Project); Expert member; DFID project on Primary Education (DPEP); Rapid Environment Impact Analysis, Visited Italy, France, Germany, China , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Delivered 31 Key note addresses, 13, invited and lead speakers in International Congress, Chaired 19 Sessions in International conferences, and Editors of a score of national and international journals. Dr. Debashis Mazumder , presently associated with, Humanitarian aid for poverty eradication foundation , KOLKATA. He did his B.Sc. (Ag.) from Doon (P.G) College of Agriculture Sc. And Technology, Dehradun in 2017. M.Sc. and Ph.D (Ag.) under the supervision of Prof S K Acharya from the Dept. of Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya , Mohanpur, West Bengal in 2019 and 2023 respectively. He attended two international seminars and one workshop , published 5 research articles/ papers in reputed National and International Journals. Mr. Monirul Haque, obtained his B.Sc. (Agriculture) Honours from Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal, in the year 2017. He obtained his M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Extension in the Department of Agricultural Extension from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, in the year 2019. He qualified the National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professor conducted by UGC and ICAR-ASRB in his very first attempt in the year 2019. Additionally, he has published several research articles in reputable journals. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Agricultural Extension at the same university under the supervision of Prof. S.K. Acharya. He has been awarded the Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students to support his doctoral degree program. Read more