%0 Journal Article %1 ahmad2014spatial %A Ahmad, Syed Naushad %A sultana, Bulbul Nargis %D 2014 %E and Fabricio Moraes de Almeida, %J Science Park Research Journal %K Food Livelihood Livelihoods Security Sustainable diversification. %N 29 %T Spatial Analysis Of Livelihoods And Strategies For Making Them Sustainable: A Case Study Of Two Villages Of Murshidabad District (West Bengal) %U http://www.scienceparks.in/ArticlePDF/67.pdf %V 1 %X In this paper an attempt has been made to analyse the livelihood patterns and identify the main factors which make livelihood sustainable in two selected villages of Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Sustainable Livelihoods are derived from people's capacity to make a living by surviving shocks and stresses and to improve their material condition without jeopardizing other's livelihood option either now or in the future. This requires reliance on both capabilities and assets for a means of living. A Comparative analysis of the livelihoods of the two villages have been made in this paper .The study reveals that only one third of the households of both the villages (34.8 per cent in Khoshbagh and 32.6 per cent in Majhardiar) have sustainable livelihoods which are achieved by adopting some strategies such as agricultural extensification, agricultural intensification, livelihood diversification, more work and migration. Government also helped the people to improve their livelihoods by providing extra facilities to the BPL card holders through PDS and 100 day guarantee of work to the job card holder needy people. Self Help Group also support people's livelihood by providing them loan at lower interest. People also deposit their saving in the SHG

@article{ahmad2014spatial, abstract = {In this paper an attempt has been made to analyse the livelihood patterns and identify the main factors which make livelihood sustainable in two selected villages of Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Sustainable Livelihoods are derived from people's capacity to make a living by surviving shocks and stresses and to improve their material condition without jeopardizing other's livelihood option either now or in the future. This requires reliance on both capabilities and assets for a means of living. A Comparative analysis of the livelihoods of the two villages have been made in this paper .The study reveals that only one third of the households of both the villages (34.8 per cent in Khoshbagh and 32.6 per cent in Majhardiar) have sustainable livelihoods which are achieved by adopting some strategies such as agricultural extensification, agricultural intensification, livelihood diversification, more work and migration. Government also helped the people to improve their livelihoods by providing extra facilities to the BPL card holders through PDS and 100 day guarantee of work to the job card holder needy people. Self Help Group also support people's livelihood by providing them loan at lower interest. People also deposit their saving in the SHG}, added-at = {2014-08-15T14:18:34.000+0200}, author = {Ahmad, Syed Naushad and sultana, Bulbul Nargis}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bee12bcc3fafad7c8af19fb982080154/sciencejournal}, editor = {and Fabricio Moraes de Almeida}, interhash = {a1e6ccb6e5ed1df1125f6685511dfa27}, intrahash = {bee12bcc3fafad7c8af19fb982080154}, journal = { Science Park Research Journal}, keywords = {Food Livelihood Livelihoods Security Sustainable diversification.}, month = {January}, number = 29, timestamp = {2014-08-15T14:18:34.000+0200}, title = {Spatial Analysis Of Livelihoods And Strategies For Making Them Sustainable: A Case Study Of Two Villages Of Murshidabad District (West Bengal) }, url = {http://www.scienceparks.in/ArticlePDF/67.pdf}, volume = 1, year = 2014 }