Impact of Community Based Natural Resource Management on Agricultural Sustainability and Livelihood Security in Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

It is increasingly being realised that best approach to address natural resource problems or opportunities for ensuring livelihood security requires action at community level. The present study was conducted in Mirzapur district of the Vindhyan region of Uttar Pradesh which is highly fragile ecologically and poverty stricken. The impact of adoption of soil and water conservation programmes on agricultural sustainability and livelihood security was measured with the help of two indices namely index of risk & uncertainty and natural resource management based livelihood index.