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Determinants of Income Diversification of Farm Households’ in Uttar Pradesh, India

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  • Waseem Khan
  • Mohammed Jamshed
  • Sana Fatima
  • Aruna Dhamija

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This article investigates the determinants of diversified income sources in farm households in Uttar Pradesh, India. Data has been collected from 220 randomly selected respondents through structured questionnaires. This study analyzed the effect of farmers’ characteristics, farm characteristics, institutional factors, and perceived climate risk on income sources diversification adopted by farm households. A logistic regression model was developed and tested based on responses collected from survey data. The findings revealed that education, family size, land size, proper infrastructure for livestock, adequate production technology, information sources, access to market, and climatic risk are significant variables affecting diversification. The implication of the study suggests that farm household needs to adopt a concentric strategy which requires policy intervention on focused research, knowledge dissemination, infrastructural development, and agricultural technical institutions setups to improve livelihood.

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  • Waseem Khan & Mohammed Jamshed & Sana Fatima & Aruna Dhamija, 2020. "Determinants of Income Diversification of Farm Households’ in Uttar Pradesh, India," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(4), pages 465-483, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fosoec:v:49:y:2020:i:4:p:465-483
    DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2019.1666728
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