Comparative Assessment of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies by Optimizing Resource Use in Farming Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India | Chapter 3 | Current Perspectives in Agriculture and Food Science Vol. 4

 This paper aims to try the socioeconomic characteristics of cuisine crop farmers and formulate alternative farm plans for reconstructing the farm economy that will as a consequence positively impact their livelihood policies. The study compared and driven the best result plan and resource allocation between food crop peasants. Livelihood strategies reflect the range and mergers of activities and substitutes people make to reach goals and livelihoods. Livelihood blueprints evolve in accordance with implicit and/or explicit in charge foundation on occupation's internal and external proof. The study was conducted in the Varanasi sector of Uttar Pradesh, which amounts to of 8 blocks. Multi-stage random sampling technique was working in selecting respondents in this place State. Descriptive statistics and Sen's Multi-Objective Programming (MOP) Model were used to analyze the dossier. This study found that men dominated breeding activities in the study area, accompanying the majority of ruling class being small and marginal peasants in their forties. The study also told that the majority of accused are married with narrow families and have age of farming experience. The diversified objective programming results disclose that the farmers in the study field were already working nearly the efficiency level as skilled is only a marginal variation 'tween the existing and the alternative submitted plan. This study will help and encourage extension traders to educate producers about allocating fault-finding resources and managerial abilities that will enable peasants to plan and evaluate commercial projects on farms for a better standard of living.

Author(s) Details:

O. Gwandi,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India and The Federal Polytechnic, Department of Agricultural Technology, Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Y. Z. Dia,
Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Adamawa State College of Agriculture, Ganye, Nigeria.

V. Kamalvanshi,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.

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