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Identification of Sustainable Development Priorities for Agriculture through Sustainable Livelihood Security Indicators for Karnataka, India

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  • Shankarappa Sridhara

    (Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India)

  • Pradeep Gopakkali

    (Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India)

  • Konapura Nagaraja Manoj

    (Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India)

  • Kiran Kumar R. Patil

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577255, Karnataka, India)

  • Venkatesh Paramesh

    (ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India)

  • Prakash Kumar Jha

    (Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA)

  • P. V. Vara Prasad

    (Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
    Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA)

Abstract

To cope with worsening climate change and widening intergenerational equity issues, more impetus should be given to sustainable development. India, predominantly an agrarian economy, faces most pressing issues of sustainable development with a complex territorial hegemony of the population and their dynamic food demands. Regional production systems play a vital role in strengthening national sustainable development priorities in India. Hence, to realize the dimensions of sustainable development in a more meaningful way, sustainability needs to be prioritized in an agrarian economy. Sustainability is a complex phenomenon encompassing economic, ecological and equity dimensions. A modest attempt in this regard has been made to estimate normative sustainable indicators for Karnataka state considering 20 crucial indicators or variables governing different dimensions. Using principal component analysis and linear scoring techniques, a minimum dataset including forest cover, livestock and human population density, and cropping intensity governing ecological issues, groundwater availability and milk availability governing social equity issues, and net cropped area, land productivity, labor productivity, food grain productivity and fertilizer use governing economic efficiency was identified, constituting crucial indicators for the development of the sustainable livelihood security index. The computed index was used to classify districts in Karnataka into various sustainable categories. Among 27 districts, 13 districts were grouped as less sustainable, 4 as highly sustainable and 10 as moderately sustainable categories. This classification and knowledge provide clues for policy makers to transform less sustainable districts into moderately/highly sustainable ones by formulating suitable policies related to crucial factors. Formulated policies on crucial factors have a domino effect/causation effect and bring about desirable changes in all other indicator variables, leading to the sustainable development of the target districts in Karnataka. This approach can be used at different scales in other states in India and in other developing countries.

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  • Shankarappa Sridhara & Pradeep Gopakkali & Konapura Nagaraja Manoj & Kiran Kumar R. Patil & Venkatesh Paramesh & Prakash Kumar Jha & P. V. Vara Prasad, 2022. "Identification of Sustainable Development Priorities for Agriculture through Sustainable Livelihood Security Indicators for Karnataka, India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-23, February.
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