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Dynamics of rural livelihoods in Bangladesh and India: Insights from village dynamics studies villages

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Title Dynamics of rural livelihoods in Bangladesh and India: Insights from village dynamics studies villages
 
Creator Deb, U
Bantilan, C
Kumar, R
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description This study focuses on the recent changes in rural livelihoods systems in Bangladesh and India. It has used household survey data collected under the Village Dynamics Studies in south Asia (VDSA) project from 1831 households located in 42 villages in Bangladesh and India for the period 2010/11 to 2012/13. The villages are comprised of 18 villages from six states (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtraand and Telangana) of semi-arid tropics (SAT) in India, 12 villages from three states (Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha) in eastern India and 12 villages from 11 districts in Bangladesh. The study villages and sample households come from a number of agro-ecological zones and represent varied infrastructure and socio-economic conditions in Bangladesh and India. The study has quantified household income by sources and their determinants. Role of various factors such as access to irrigation facilities, adoption of modern technology, better road connectivity and market linkages, access to education, diversity in economic activities and livelihood opportunities on per capita income are examined. Contribution of different sources (farm and nonfarm) to the total income of the households is analyzed. We have also analyzed the extent of income inequality among households in the three study reguins. The study observed substantial rise in per capita real income and increased importance of nonfarm income sources for livelihoods of rural households
 
Date 2014
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/8325/1/Dynamics_RapidTransf_C_2014.pdf
Deb, U and Bantilan, C and Kumar, R (2014) Dynamics of rural livelihoods in Bangladesh and India: Insights from village dynamics studies villages. In: Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), held on 14 October 2014 at the BRAC Centre for Development Management (BRAC-CDM), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh., 14 October, 2014, BRAC Centre for Development Management (BRAC-CDM), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.. (Unpublished)