Generational Transfer and Social Sustainability of Agrarian Farms of North Karnataka

Abstract

A study on generational transfer and social sustainability of agrarian farms of north newlineKarnataka was undertaken in three districts of North Karnataka, during 2015-16, with newlinepurposive selection of 120 farmers. The data was collected by personal interview method. newlineThe results revealed that more than half (52.50%) of the farmers were old. Exactly newlinehalf of the farmers were small farmers, 40.00 per cent of the farmers were having high newlinefarming experience. More than 90.00 per cent of the families diversified their farms to newlinelivestock based activities. newlineMajority (66.67%) of the families who were practicing farming alone shifted to newlinefarming + allied activities, found away from the town, whereas 33.33 per cent of them have newlineengaged in farming + allied activities + other non-agricultural activities and were found near newlineto the town. More than one third of the families, whose past generation was engaged in newlinefarming + allied activities, were now added other non-agricultural activities were found near newlineto the town. newlineEqual division of farms was slightly more frequent in past generation (80.00%) as newlinecompared to the present generation (78.33%). Majority of the present (71.61%) as well as past newlinegeneration (74.17%) farmers were succeeded the land in their mid-age. In both past and newlinepresent generation, the average landholding size of farmers with unequal division was larger newlinethan those with equal division. newlineMost of the farmers had medium level social capital, empowerment, psychological newlinewellbeing and over all social sustainability. Age was having significant negative correlation newlinewith social sustainability (r= -0.326), whereas planning was having highly significant positive newlinecorrelation with social sustainability (r=0.467). newline