An analytical study on banana cultivation on employment generation and poverty alleviation of Bihar

Abstract

Banana cultivation sector Play an important role in the state economy and socio economic upliftment of the state. A large number of farmers of farmers in India depend on banana cultivation for their livelihood. Banana cultivation has been an important source of livelihood for small farmers. They contributed about 5-7% to their income, more so in states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar. Naturally there is a large scope banana cultivation. A part of agriculture banana cultivation is one of the key sectors which play an important role in employment generation and poverty alleviation for the rural masses of Bihar. Though, banana cultivation is the prime source of livelihood in rural Bihar, it is characterized by subsistence, low input low output, technologically lagged mixed farming systems and is dominated by small farmers. The major challenge of animal husbandry sector in Bihar is that a huge amount of banana cultivation are environmentally unproductive or less productive.