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creators_name: Ramilan, T
creators_name: Shalander, K
creators_name: Haileslassie, A
creators_name: Craufurd, P
creators_name: Scrimgeour, F
creators_name: Kattarkandi, B
creators_name: Whitbread, A M
icrisatcreators_name: Shalander, K
icrisatcreators_name: Whitbread, A M
affiliation: School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North
affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa
affiliation: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Khumaltar, Lalitpur
affiliation: Waikato Management School, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton
affiliation: WaterAid, Hyderabad
affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Dar es Salaam
country: New Zealand
country: Australia
country: India
country: Ethiopia
title: Quantifying Farm Household Resilience and the Implications of Livelihood Heterogeneity in the Semi-Arid Tropics of India
ispublished: pub
subjects: L1
subjects: S21
subjects: f1
divisions: GRP_RFFS
crps: CG1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Resilience, Livelihoods, Household survey, Crops, Multivariate, Semiarid
abstract: The vast majority of farmers in the drylands are resource-poor smallholders, whose livelihoods
depend heavily on their farming systems. Therefore, increasing the resilience of these smallholders
is vital for their prosperity. This study quantified household resilience and identified livelihoods
and their influence on resilience in the semiarid tropics of India by analysing 684 households.
A resilience capacity index was devised based on the composition of household food and non-food
expenditure, cash savings, and food and feed reserves. The index ranged from 8.4 reflecting highly
resilient households with access to irrigation characteristics, to -3.7 for households with highly limited
resilience and low household assets. The livelihoods were identified through multivariate analysis
on selected socioeconomic and biophysical variables; households were heterogeneous in their
livelihoods. Irrigated livestock and rainfed marginal types had the highest and lowest resilience
capacity index with the mean score of 0.69 and −1.07, respectively. Finally, we quantified the influence
of livelihood strategies on household resilience. Household resilience was strengthened by the
possession of livestock, crop diversification and access to irrigation. Low resilience is predominantly
caused by low household assets. The resilience capacity index and derived livelihood strategies
helps to understand the complexity of household resilience, and will aid in targeting technology
interventions for development.
date: 2022-03
date_type: published
publication: Agriculture (TSI)
volume: 12
number: 4
publisher: MDPI
pagerange: 1-16
id_number: doi:10.3390/agriculture12040466
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2077-0472
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12040466
citation:   Ramilan, T and Shalander, K and Haileslassie, A and Craufurd, P and Scrimgeour, F and Kattarkandi, B and Whitbread, A M  (2022) Quantifying Farm Household Resilience and the Implications of Livelihood Heterogeneity in the Semi-Arid Tropics of India.  Agriculture (TSI), 12 (4).  pp. 1-16.  ISSN 2077-0472     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11979/1/agriculture-Resilience%20typologies.pdf