Transforming Rural Farm Livelihoods

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dc.creatorSingh, Anjani Kumar
dc.creatorPinto, Alreena Renita
dc.creatorSingh, Paramveer
dc.creatorDe, Alok
dc.date2020-11-02T22:24:05Z
dc.date2020-11-02T22:24:05Z
dc.date2020-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:37:53Z
dc.descriptionThe agriculture sector is the largest employer in India, providing direct employment to more than fifty percent of the nation’s workforce. Small and marginal farmers with landholdings of less than two hectares comprise eighty-six percent of all agricultural labour, reflecting high land fragmentation and low economies of scale. Mainstream extension and agriculture support services are not customized for these farmer segments, limiting their capacity to access improved production inputs and technology. The situation is even more complicated for women farmers who constitute nearly forty-three percent of India’s agricultural labour force. The DAY-NRLM farm livelihoods strategy evolved against this background to leverage the program’s social infrastructure of sixty-eight million households mobilized into exclusively women based self healp groups (SHGs) and higher federations, in order to deliver intensive and targeted capacity building of small farmers and streamline access to credit for farm needs. Key sub-sectors under the DAY-NRLM farm livelihoods portfolio include agriculture, livestock and non-timber Forest Produce (NTFP), supported through a combination of programs including the Mahila kisan sashaktikaran pariyojna (MKSP), National rural livelihoods project (NRLP) and Sustainable livelihoods and adaptation to climate change (SLACC). The farm livelihoods strategy under DAY-NRLM has evolved over the years from its initial focus on enhancing productivity through improved inputs and production methods, to a suite of interventions that address multiple entry points in the agriculture value chain.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/637531590663036212/Transforming-Rural-Farm-Livelihoods-The-NRLM-Journey
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34726
dc.identifier10.1596/34726
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407793
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationSouth Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Discussion Note Series;No. 5
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectRURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectVALUE CHAIN
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subjectSELF-HELP GROUP
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectACCESS TO FARM EQUIPMENT
dc.subjectAGRIBUSINESS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.titleTransforming Rural Farm Livelihoods
dc.titleThe NRLM Journey
dc.typeBrief
dc.typeFiche
dc.typeResumen

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