Making a Sustainable Difference: Transforming Agriculture-Based Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers in India

Vintaben Naranbhai Bumbadiya is a marginal farmer from Chota Bamdodara village of Danta block in Banaskantha District of Gujarat. She lives with her husband, mother-in-law, and seven children and holds 0.15 hectares of land. Agriculture is the only source of livelihood for her and her family. Before joining the Lakhpati Kisan Programme (LKP), Vintaben practised traditional farming in the Kharif season, mainly sowing maize with a mix of black gram, pigeon pea, and cotton and, if rainfall was good, wheat in the Rabi season. She earned Rs. 30,000 per year from agriculture.