?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7274%2F&rft.title=Rural+transformation+since+1970s+in+Dokur+Village+of+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India&rft.creator=Reddy%2C+A+A&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=In+the+past+two+decades%2C+there+are+significant+changes+in+rural+India.+There+is+some+significant+progress+in%0D%0Areduction+of+poverty.+This+study+examines+the+pathways+by+the+Dokur+villagers+of+Andhra+Pradesh+in+India+to%0D%0Asurvive+and+improve+livelihoods+in+the+face+of+a+decade+of+persistent+drought.+The+study+is+based+on%0D%0Aquantitative+and+qualitative+data+collected+by+ICRISAT%3A+(a)+longitudinal+household+survey+data+for+the+period%0D%0A1975+to+2009%2C+and+(b)+information+and+data+gathered+through+focus+group+discussions+with+the+villagers.+It+has%0D%0Adocumented+various+types+of+livelihood+strategies%2C+government+policies%2C+programs%2C+process+and+outcomes+over%0D%0Athe+period.+The+changes+in+ownership+of+productive+assets+including+land%2C+cropping+patterns%2C+occupational%0D%0Astructure%2C+household+income%2C+food+intake+and+nutrition%2C+children%E2%80%99s+education%2C+and+improvement+in+living%0D%0Astandard+are+also+examined.+The+per+capita+income+of+households+has+increased+rapidly+in+the+recent+years.%0D%0AHowever%2C+income+inequality+situation+has+worsened+as+high-income+opportunities+are+favourable+to+resource%0D%0Aendowed+households.+As+a+consequence+of+increased+income+from+multiple+sources%2C+consumption+level+has%0D%0Agone+up+and+consumption+has+been+smoothened%2C+and+overall+living+standard+has+improved.+Access+to%0D%0Aeducation+particularly+for+girls+and+children+from+marginalized+families+has+increased.+Finally%2C+the+study%0D%0Aidentified+enabling+factors+at+household+level+and+suggests+development+policy.&rft.publisher=Munich+University+Library&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7274%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_30784.pdf&rft.identifier=++Reddy%2C+A+A++(2013)+Rural+transformation+since+1970s+in+Dokur+Village+of+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.++Working+Paper.+Munich+University+Library.+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F30784%2F