International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
VL Madhuprasad, Usha Ravindra and Harshitha D

abstract
The study was conducted in purposively selected Bengaluru Urban district. Total sample of 242 respondents were purposively selected for the study. Data was analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools. The results revealed that, majority of the respondents belongs to medium level of education, land holding, cropping pattern, livestock possession, mass media exposure, extension participation, social participation, scientific orientation, training undergone, participation in development programme, willingness towards agriculture and access to extension personnel and, high level of innovativeness, risk orientation, management orientation, level of aspiration and access to resources. Further low level of cosmopoliteness. It was observed that livelihood security improved from less satisfied (44.21%) to highly satisfied (37.19%) level. Overall scores indicated that 48.37 percent increase in before and after implementation of project. Livestock component generates 323 mandays employment and provides additional net income of Rs. 68860 to beneficiary farmers. In 2018 reported that the average gross income of farmers increased to Rs. 118564 from both crop and livestock enterprises of IFS against Rs. 12062 before implementation of the project. As such, they are getting 3.41 rupee income for every one rupee investment under IFS. The characteristics such as Cropping pattern, Innovativeness, Training undergone, Willingness towards IFS and Access to extension personnel exhibited positive and significant relationship with farmer’s livelihood security. Hence, the concerned development departments should organize the demonstrations, trainings, field days, exposure visits etc., to educate the farmers about IFS. The positive and significantly related characteristics need to be considered while selecting the farmers for the extension educational programmes to enhance their livelihood security.