Participation in Diversified Income Generating Activities by World Vision Beneficiaries

The objectives of this study were to determine the extent of participation in diversified income sources by World Vision beneficiaries and to explore the relationship of their selected characteristics with their extent of participation. Besides, attempts were made to ascertain the problem faced by the beneficiaries to participate in diversified income sources. Data were collected by using structured interview schedule during 22 March to 22 April 2007 from 110 randomly selected World Vision beneficiaries from a total of 433. Data revealed that the highest proportion (83.6%) of the World Vision beneficiaries had medium participation in diversified income sources and only 16.4% had low participation for the same. Among nine characteristics of the respondents, education, farm size, annual family income, input availability, training received, cosmopoliteness showed significant positive relationship, but NGO affiliation showed significant negative relationship with their extent of participation in diversified income sources, while age and family size were not significantly correlated. ‘Inadequate homestead land, lack of vaccine, lack of education, participation in training for money and food, lack of poultry feed and social and religious restriction were the most important problems faced for participation in diversified income sources.