Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY viii Chapter-I: INTRODUCTION 1 1.2. Potential in Livelihood in Bihar 2 1.3 Research Question 3 1.4 Aim 3 1.5 Selection of Area and Sample 3 Chapter-II: LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1. Introduction of livelihood 5 2.2 Scenario of Livelihood in the context of India 7 2.2.1 Aggregates in Livelihood (income, poverty and employment) 9 2.2.2 Livelihood programmes of the Government 12 2.3 Sustainability of Rural Development project- A case study of IFAD (Best practices) 13 Chapter-3: Status of Bihar 19 3.1 Introduction of Bihar 19 3.2 Bihar: Socio-Economic Overview 21 3.3 Microfinance Outreach SHG Coverage 22 3.4. Poverty Scenario 23 Chapter-4: Detail of the Project 26 4.1 Introduction of the Project 26 4.2 About the ?JEEVIKA? 27 4.3 Organizational Structure 30 4.4 Livelihood activities under the Project 33 Chapter-5: Study Areas Profile 36 5.1 District Profile 36 5.2 Bara Village 42 5.3 Sekhwara Village 46 5.4 Village Profile of the Lohra and Barah Village (Nalanda district) 47 Chapter-6: Data Analysis 50 6.3 Supply and Value Chain Analysis of Rice & Wheat 52 6.2 Dairy Farming in Harnaut Block of Lohra and Barah Village 54 6.4 Value Chain Analysis of Dairy (Lohra village) 56 Chapter 7: Findings and Recommendations 58 Annexure - 1 62 Bibliography 66