tailieunhanh - Extent of utilization of integrated basin development and livelihood promotion (IBDLP) programme by Garo farm women in Garo hills of Meghalaya, India

The present study was an attempt to assess the extent of utilization of IBDLP by Garo farm women in Garo Hills Of Meghalaya as IBDLP is a mission mode programme which focuses to alleviate the poverty and imparts knowledge to farm women through different training programme to become self-independent and increase their livelihood. The study was conducted in Rongram block of West Garo Hills and Betasing block of South West Garo Hills Meghalaya. Total 100 numbers of women beneficiaries were taken and their socio economic characteristics were studied. Data were collected through interview method. The respondents are interviewed with a pretested interview to assess their awareness level and up to what extent they utilized the program. Findings revealed that 66 per cent of farm women have medium awareness level, followed by 21 per cent have high level and 13 per cent have low level of awareness. The utilization of IBDLP mission was identified and rank based on the mean scores. Sericulture with least mean scores rank last which shows less utilization of sericulture mission by Garo farm women in selected areas. The problems faced by farm women were identified. Delay in financial support (43%), Unable to attend the training due to daily routine work (23%) and unable to access the information needed (12%) are the main problem faced by farm women. Study further indicated the relationship between variables. The relationship between level of awareness and extent utilization of IBDLP is positively significant at 1 % level. Hence it can be concluded that increasing in awareness level can increase the utilization of different mission of IBDLP by Garo farm women. | Extent of utilization of integrated basin development and livelihood promotion (IBDLP) programme by Garo farm women in Garo hills of Meghalaya, India