1Department of Agricultural Extension, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema-797106, Nagaland
2ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Jharnapani, Medziphema-797106, Nagaland
3Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema-797106, Nagaland
*Corresponding author email id: nk_patra08@yahoo.in
Online published on 17 February, 2022.
This paper synthesizes the sustainable performance of pineapple cultivation (Ananas comosus L.) in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Altogether, 100 pineapple growers were taken from a District. A pre-tested structured interview schedule was used to collect information from the respondents. To explore sustainable performance, four dimensions, namely, economic, human, social and environmental sustainability, were considered. Further, eight parameters were included against each dimension. The overall mean scores for economic, human, social and environmental sustainability were 3.458, 2.83, 3.215 and 3.476, respectively, and performance of pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) cultivation in terms of economic sustainability, human sustainability, social sustainability and environmental sustainability was satisfactory. It is concluded from the study that pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) cultivation in Arunachal Pradesh, India is a sustainable cultivation practice and a sustainable livelihood strategy.
Ananas comosus, Livelihood, Pineapple cultivation, Socio-economic, Sustainable cultivation, Sustainable performance
