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Abstract
The study has assessed the impact of viable technological interventions on food and livelihood security
to the farmers of four selected disadvantaged districts, viz. Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda and
Murshidabad of West Bengal as a part of National Agricultural Innovation Project. The participatory and
personal interview methods were followed to collect the information. The performance of the technological
interventions was studied by following “Before-After” design. The cumulative effect of the technological
packages like varietals replacement (VR), resource conservation technologies (RCTs), new crop sequencing
(NCS), integrated farming system (IFS) increased the cropping intensity and augmented productivity for
all major cereals (49.63%), oilseeds (43.02%), pulses (58.44%) and potato (23.85%), addressing the
food insecurity issue of around 64.26 per cent farm families. The net effect resulted in higher return from
the enterprises like crop, livestock, poultry, and aquaculture and value addition to the tune of 25.96 per
cent, 86.04 per cent, 67.43 per cent, 45.59 per cent and 179.06 per cent, respectively and generating
27.19 per cent enhanced employment from different enterprises. Undoubtedly, the latest proven and
economically viable technologies like RCT, VR, NCS, IFS and backyard poultry and goatery rearing have
a good positive impact on food and nutritional security, leading to improvement of livelihood sustainability.