Impediments in Achieving Food and Livelihood Securities in Ravine Areas: Empirical Evidence from Yamuna Ravine in Uttar Pradesh
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Author: D.C. Meena and Maina Kumari
Author Address: Scientist, ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi-110012 (Delhi) and Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 (Uttar Pradesh)
Keywords: Farm budgeting, food and livelihood security, socioeconomic status, Yamuna ravine
JEL Codes: D61, Q01, Q12, Q15
Abstract
The study aimed to analyze the socioeconomic status, land use, cropping system, technical efficiency of crops, and constraints in production and marketing. Results revealed that villages under ravine areas had poor agriculture infrastructure and low technical efficiency of major crops. Crop productivity in the ravine areas was also lower than the average crop productivity at both State and country levels. Extension services in ravine-affected villages were either absent from the government's end or of inferior quality resulting in farmers facing several production and marketing problems. The study also provided suggestions for the productive use of ravine land.
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 18 No. 2, 2022, 270-280
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/21326
NAAS Score: 5.15 (2022)
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics (ESCI) of WoS
Indexed in Scopus (SJR: 0.18)
UGC Approved (UGC-Care List Group II)