National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study is concerned with the livelihood security of cassava farmers in hill areas of western Tamil Nadu. Salem and Namakkal districts were purposively selected since these are the major cassava growing districts of western Tamil Nadu. The multi-stage random sampling procedure was adopted to choose 180 sample farmers.The methodology used for the study was Gini coefficient, Livelihood Security index, Composite index and Tobit model. The results of Gini coefficient of Kalvarayan and Kolli hills were 0.56 and 0.66 respectively. It is evident that income inequality was higher in Kolli hills when compared to that of Kalvarayan hills. The results of livelihood security index revealed that the overall livelihood security of both Kalvarayan and Kolli hills was just around 50 per cent, indicating that welfare of the cassava farmers were under deprived situation. The Tobit analysis revealed that only education level, farm size and annual income are positively significant in case of Kalvarayan hills. While in case of Kolli hills, age, education level, farming experience, farm size and annual income are positively significant.
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