Women-led and rural sustainable agricultural livelihoods pathways to achieving sustainable development goals by 2030
The study examines the relationship between socio, economic and environmental factor to achieve women-led rural sustainable agricultural livelihoods pathways to achieving sustainable development goals. The study adopts the Triple Bottom Line concept, thus consists of three Ps: profit, people, and planet. (Economic, Social, and Environmental) to analyse the sustainable agricultural livelihoods of the rural women. The present study adopted both qualitative and quantitative methods was used for the study, a multistage sampling method was used to select the households, 11% margin of error, and a total sample size of 200 women farmers was selected for the study. This study, different variables were analysed such as household farm: education level, farming experience, occupations, land details, irrigation sources etc., and economic, social, and environmental aspects variables are community participation, decision-making power, income of farm, cropping intensity, livestock productivity, water conservation, and soil fertility used for the study. The study found a positive correlation (r = .394, p < .01) between social environmental factors and women’s participation & promoted their engagement in sustainable agricultural practices. Consequently, fostering women-led sustainable agriculture is not only vital for improving livelihoods but also serves as a strategic step toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Authors
- Ramesha Naika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3418-6574)
- Shivanand Pawar
Institutions
- Jain University (IN)
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discover Global Society
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-025-00313-2
- Primary Topic
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00