Abstract This article investigates the determinants of diversified income sources in farm households in Uttar Pradesh, India. Data has been collected from 220 randomly selected respondents through structured questionnaires. This study analyzed the effect of farmers’ characteristics, farm characteristics, institutional factors, and perceived climate risk on income sources diversification adopted by farm households. A logistic regression model was developed and tested based on responses collected from survey data. The findings revealed that education, family size, land size, proper infrastructure for livestock, adequate production technology, information sources, access to market, and climatic risk are significant variables affecting diversification. The implication of the study suggests that farm household needs to adopt a concentric strategy which requires policy intervention on focused research, knowledge dissemination, infrastructural development, and agricultural technical institutions setups to improve livelihood.

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印度北方邦农户收入多样化的决定因素

摘要 本文调查了印度北方邦农户收入来源多元化的决定因素。数据是通过结构化问卷从 220 名随机选择的受访者中收集的。本研究分析了农民特征、农场特征、制度因素和感知气候风险对农户收入来源多样化的影响。基于从调查数据收集的响应，开发和测试了逻辑回归模型。调查结果显示，教育、家庭规模、土地规模、适当的牲畜基础设施、充足的生产技术、信息来源、市场准入和气候风险是影响多样化的重要变量。