IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: A CASE STUDY ON MOHAMMAD BAZAR BLOCK OF BIRBHUM DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

Abstract

Impact assessment is a means of measuring the effectiveness of organizational activities and judging the significance of changes brought about by those activities. Impact is a measure of the changes made, and impact assessment seeks to establish a causal connection between inputs and changes in terms of magnitude, scale, or both. Understanding the socioeconomic status of a geographic region is required to assess the impact of agricultural land use and workforce participation in that region. Mohammad Bazar is a community development block; there are 138 villages that are inhabited and 20 villages that are uninhabited among them. Agriculture is the key pillar of the economy in MD Bazar CD Block. However, the research area's principal crops are Aman and Aus paddy. Besides these, the area is cultivated with a good number of other crops like wheat, mustard, potato, til, tomato, etc. However, the study area's production varies depending on local physiographic characteristics (soil depth, texture, available nutrients, human interactions, rainfall, temperature, and so on). This research paper aims to focus on how LU/LC dynamics over the past twenty years have had a deep impact on the livelihood status of the study area.