Effort towards the Livelihood Improvement of Schedule Cast Farming Communities in Nawada, Bihar - A Success Story
Ved Prakash*
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Rohan Kumar Raman
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Govind Makarana
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Pawan Jeet
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Bikash Sarkar
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Ashutosh Upadhyaya
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Roshan Kumar
Kaushalya Foundation (NGO), Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Ujjwal Kumar
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Reena Kumari Kamal
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
Arti Kumari
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar (800 014), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Agriculture, Scheduled caste communities, Tarpaulins, Water pumps
Abstract
Agriculture sector provides the livelihood opportunity to majority of the rural people in Bihar, India. The dependency of schedule cast (SC) communities on agriculture is much more than other farming alternatives. These communities are doing farming activity to fulfill the basic family needs. To get maximum benefit from agricultural activities they use high skills and traditional knowledge. Small interventions of agricultural inputs can play a vital role to improve their livelihood. In this study, survey conducted among more than 100 farmers of SC community on the basis of their agricultural demand. The farmers of Nawada district (Village: Nad and Paroria) were benefited with agricultural inputs like tarpaulins and small water pumps. Today, by the use of these small inputs has resulted in significant increases (around Rs. 5,000.00 ± 1,750.00 household-1) in their livelihood as well as health status earnings for SC farmers. Farmers were pleased and expected more such activities in near future.
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