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Transforming Livelihoods: Ensuring Equity and Sustainability Through ICT

Authors
Nirmal Kumar Mandal1, *, Srilata Patnaik2
1Associate Professor, KIIT Deemed to be University
2Assistant Professor, KIIT Deemed to be University
*Corresponding author email: nirmal@ksrm.ac.in
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Nirmal Kumar Mandal
Available Online 18 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/ahsseh.k.220105.010How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sustainable livelihoods; dairy intervention; digital technology; empowerment; equity; sustainability
Abstract

Enhancing livelihoods of rural poor is crucial for poverty reduction. Livelihood perspectives started influencing development thinking in the last couple of decades and were considered to provide a holistic understanding of poverty. Sustainable livelihoods concept is built on the notion of capability, equity and sustainability where all of them are considered both ends as well as means. Globally and in the Indian context a number of programmes are getting implemented to enhance the livelihoods of rural poor. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) started playing a pivotal role in implementation of these livelihood programmes. This paper looks at the case of implementation of ICT in a dairy intervention, under Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP), a livelihood enhancement programme. The progamme is implemented by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Government of Telengana. The introduction of digital technologies like Smart Data Processor Milk Collection Unit (SDP-MCU) and Smart Automatic Milk Collection Unit (SAMCU) helped in building trust among dairy farmers and maintaining transparency in the dairy intervention. This also helped in ensuring equity and sustainable livelihoods where rural women from low income households were the primary members in the intervention. Technology coupled with strong community based organizations like Village Milk Producers Organization (VMPO), Mandal Mahila Samakhya (MMS) and ZilaSamakhya (ZS) led to sustainability of the intervention.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainability and Equity (ICSE-2021)
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Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
18 January 2022
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10.2991/ahsseh.k.220105.010
ISSN
2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/ahsseh.k.220105.010How to use a DOI?
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