1Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 (Uttar Pradesh)
2Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 (Uttar Pradesh)
3Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 (Uttar Pradesh)
*Corresponding author's email: amitamaurya28@gmail.com
JEL Codes: Q01, Q56.
The concept of Sustainable Livelihood Security (SLS) has a wider generic meaning, encompassing current concerns and policy requirements pertaining to sustainable development. Keeping in view the changing social, economic and climatic environment, the issue of SLS becomes even more important for the farm sector. Agricultural diversification is viewed as a potential tool for SLS. The present study has been conducted in the Uttar Pradesh state of India to evaluate the status of SLS These have created a threat to ecological balance and economic as well as social status in different districts of the state. Secondary and cross-sectional data were used for the study. The study of Ecological Security Index (ESI), Economic Efficiency Index (EEI) and Social Equity Index (SEI) has revealed that the agricultural systems of all districts display wide variations in their ecological and social equity aspects relative to their economic aspects. The districts with better SLSI ranks are often described as advanced districts and vice versa. Hence, SLSI has been found to reflect the picture of the overall performance of a district in three dimensions of sustainability. On the basis of the overall performance of districts in terms of their SLSI, twelve districts in the state have an index value of more than 0.5, while only five districts have SLSI less than 0.4.
Ecological security index, economic efficiency index, social security index, sustainable livelihood security
