Open AccessImpact of agroforestry on livelihood improvement of the farmers of Koraput District Odisha
Author(s) -
M. M. Nayak,
L R Murmu,
Pallavi Mishra,
L. M. Garnayak,
Jyotshnarani Maharana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal for innovative engineering and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-5083
DOI - 10.48047/ijiemr/v09/i12/98
Subject(s) - livelihood , agroforestry , acre , geography , agriculture , socioeconomics , multistage sampling , field survey , agricultural science , forestry , mathematics , economics , biology , statistics , cartography , archaeology
A study was conducted for a period of one year from April, 2019 to March, 2020 to evaluateagroforestry practices and its impact on farmer’s livelihood improvement in Koraput district of Odisha. Aquestionnaire was prepared to know the independent and dependent variables. The present investigation wasconducted to identify the existing agroforestry practices and livelihood status of farmers. For conducting thestudy a total of 220 households from three blocks were selected through multistage random sampling. Data werecollected through survey and by interview of head of the household on pre-tested and pre-structuredquestionnaire as well as group discussions with villagers. The results revealed that majority of households(90.00%) were headed by male member having age between 40-50 years. All the respondents practice differenttype of agroforestry practices on their farm. About 78.63 percent household practices agroforestry on 0.5 to 1.0acre size of farm land. The prevalent existing agroforestry practices in the area were found to be Homestead(40.45%), Trees on Field Bunds (29.54%), Agrisilviculture (17.72 %) and Agrihorticulture (12.27%). 27.72 %household had maximum monthly income ranged between Rs. 7001-9000 followed by 17.72 % of 5001-7000.Therefore, the rural people should make some strategy for the implementation of agroforestry model withsuitable combination of trees and field crops.