1Ph D.. Scholar, Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, I.C College of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, India
2 Professor, Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, I.C College of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, India
Online published on 7 September, 2021.
The study was conducted in two districts of Rohtak division namely Sonipat and Karnal by random selection and by selecting one block from each selected district and two villages from each of the selected block at random. From the selected four villages a sample of 300 respondents i.e. 75 small and marginal farm families from each village was drawn at random. Results of the study regarding livelihood problems revealed that half (51.3%) of the families faced small size of land, majority (65.3%) of families faced high labour cost as their main livelihood problem. About livelihood opportunities, most of the farm families (70.0%) perceived technological innovations to raise agricultural productivity, subsidies on agrimachinery (62.0%).
Farm, Families, Livelihood, Opportunities, Problems
