The present study was undertaken in Maroorpatti village in Namakkal district of Tamilnadu. From the results o/the
livelihood analysis conducted/or the three different categories a/wealth ranking, it may be pointed out that with
respect to the size of land holdings the rich farmer had double the size a/the medium and as such large as 10 times
that the poor farmer. The rich farmer had an incomparably large number o/cattle with respect to his counterparts.
While the rich farmer received monthly income from livestock, the medium farmer, who was thus classified solely by
his agricultural land holdings, always expected his agricultural field to boost his monthly income. Furthermore,
from the expenditure pal1ern observed, the rich farmer's were inclined to save nearly 35% of their monthly income,
while the poor farmers were always in need of 25% loan to meet their monthly needs. As a consequence, the crises
analysis indicated that the poor farmer as well as the medium farmer usually takes a loan of 40% towards meeting
any calamities faced in their agricultural and livestock sectors
