Sustainable livelihood of farmers is the key to rural revitalization. The purpose this study was establish capital cultivation models suitable for in different agricultural regions and enhance sustainability farmers’ livelihoods by selecting four (suburban agriculture, intensive plain field mountain agriculture) 1025 households employing Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) systematically analyz...

This article discusses the relevance of Gram Swaraj or village self-governance and rural industries in context pandemic-ravaged countries like India. Drawing mainly from Gandhian ideas secondary sources, it impact on informal sector workers, their rural–urban–rural migration precarious livelihood question, need for adaptation application ideas. The analysis has implications considering these cr...

Over 70% of the population in India lives in the rural areas of the country. The needs of this vast population, subsistence or otherwise (livelihood related), have been addressed by several programmes and initiatives guided by central or state policies. The policies or ensuing programmes have, however, been sectoral—planned and managed by specific ministries or departments. Energy too has been ...

Information and Communication technology (ICT) initiatives for rural development in India are not new. Many of these initiatives have shown mixed response. Most of these projects are incubated with government support. A development project to be sustainable, it should move from “supply-driven” concept to “demand driven” (citizen centric). Rural citizens deprived of infrastructural support and o...

The present practice of traditional slash-and-burn agriculture (locally called jhum kheti) by the ethnic Noctes in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, India is a part of history of rural landscapes. Even today, the local jhumias totally depends on this traditional farming system for their livelihood. Nonetheless, it is time and again considered as ‘traditional’ and firm in contrast to modern m...