ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
M. PERTIN1, S. DAS2*, A.K. SAHU3, N. MURRY4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema, 797106, Nagaland, India
2Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema, 797106, Nagaland, India
3Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema, 797106, Nagaland, India
4Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema, 797106, Nagaland, India
* Corresponding Author : das_san1@rediffmail.com
Received : 07-02-2020 Accepted : 26-02-2020 Published : 28-02-2020
Volume : 12 Issue : 4 Pages : 9569 - 9572
Int J Agr Sci 12.4 (2020):9569-9572
Keywords : Contribution, Farm, Non-farm, Income and employment
Academic Editor : Dr N N Jambhulkar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema, 797106, Nagaland, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed
The present study was designed to the study systematically the contribution of farm and non-farm activities towards rural income and employment in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Two blocks viz. Pasighat and Mebo were selected purposively from East Siang district comprising a total respondent of 100. Both primary and secondary data were collected from various sources during the year 2017-18. Based on primary activities (occupation) 58% respondents were classified as non-farm households against 42% as farm households. Among the farm households, Agriculture + Horticulture + Livestock (60.28%) and Non-agro based business (21.58%) are the important source of income generation as farm and nonfarm activity respectively and Agriculture + Horticulture + Livestock (45.68%) as farm activity and Service + Non-agro based business + Labour (18.27%) as non-farm activity respectively, are the important source of income generation for a large majority of non-farm households. In non-farm households, the contribution of income from non-farm activities was very much high in comparison to the contribution of income from the farm sector. It also revealed that non-farm sector generates more employment opportunities than farm sector. T-statistics also indicated that income from non-farm sector gives more contribution to the rural households. Based on comparable differences between farm and non-farm respondents on income generation and employment opportunities, it can be concluded that non- farm sector has been contributing tremendous income generation and employment opportunities to the rural people in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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