Impact of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) on Income and Productivity in Adilabad District of Telangana

Abstract

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) was launched in October 2007 with new targets of additional production of 25 million tons of food grains comprising of 10 million tons rice, 8 million tons of wheat, 4 million tons of pulses and 3 million tons of coarse cereals by the end of 12th Five Year Plan. Redgram is cultivated in 2.77 lakh hectares across Telangana state. It is the major crop for Mahabubnagar, Adilabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Warangal, and Khammam districts. The present study was carried out in the Adilabad district of Telangana with sample of 105 respondents in the year 2020-21 and data was collected with the help of well-structured interview schedule. Before and after change in the income and production of the red gram under NFSM was determined. To determine impact on income and production, paired t test was run with the help of SPSS software. The result with the help of paired t-test concluded that change was witnessed in the income and production of the red gram beneficiaries with the intervention of NFSM Scheme.