Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol. 28, oct Suppl. Issue 2022; Page No.(S245-S248)

EXISTING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD SYSTEM OF REWADISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA

Rakhi Kori, Sanjay Singh, M.K. Dubey, Seema Naberia and N. Khan

Abstract

The present study was carried out during 2018-19 in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh. The study wasconducted in 5 villages of Rewa block was selected due to higher concentration of NRLM beneficiaries. TheNational Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) project has been running in the district since 2015 forstrengthening the sustainable livelihood. The aim of the studies to know the existing sustainable livelihoodsystem of small and marginal farmers in relation to before and after NRLM programme. Sustainablelivelihood was measured through four different indicators viz., human capital, physical capital, naturalcapital, social capital and financial capital. To measure the human capital, physical capital, natural capital,social capital and financial capital. A total of 120 NRLM beneficiaries were selected randomly as respondents.The data collection was done by the use of interview schedule through personal interview. The majority(45%) of the respondents had medium sustainable livelihood while 30.83% showed low sustainablelivelihood, whereas 24.17% of them had high sustainable livelihood index.