Effectiveness of Collective Farming Under Kudumbasree programme of Kerala

A study was conducted among groups involved in the collective farming under Kerala State Poverty Eradication Mission (Kudumbasree mission) of Kerala in order to assess the perceived effectiveness of collective farming in terms of resource, technology, extension, marketing and capacity building. Considerable improvement was observed in all the components studied, indicating that group mobilization have potential to overcome the multiple constraints faced by small farmers at individual level. Major factors influencing the effectiveness of farming groups were found to be level of education, social participation, economic motivation, Group dynamics and support from the promoting institution