Determinants of Livelihood Security among Small and Marginal Farmers

The study entitled ¿Determinants of livelihood security among Small and Marginal farmers in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh¿. The study was carried out with the specific objectives to measure the livelihood security among small and marginal farmers along with the factors associated with livelihood security among the selected farmers. An attempt was also made to find out the constraints in attaining livelihood security.The present research enterprise was carried out in Multai and Betul blocks of Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. From each block, two villages were randomly selected. From each selected village, 10 small and 10 marginal farmers were identified. Thus, a total 80 farmers of the four villages were finally constructed as sample for the study purposes.