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  • Publication | 2026
Women-led and rural sustainable agricultural livelihoods pathways to achieving sustainable development goals by 2030
Global Food and Nutrition Security

The study examines the relationship between socio, economic and environmental factor to achieve women-led rural sustainable agricultural livelihoods pathways to achieving sustainable development goals. The study adopts the Triple Bottom Line concept, thus consists of three Ps: profit, people, and planet. (Economic, Social, and Environmental) to analyse the sustainable agricultural livelihoods of the rural women. The present study adopted both qualitative and quantitative methods was used for the study, a multistage sampling method was used to select the households, 11% margin of error, and a total sample size of 200 women farmers was selected for the study. This study, different variables were analysed such as household farm: education level, farming experience, occupations, land details, irrigation sources etc., and economic, social, and environmental aspects variables are community participation, decision-making power, income of farm, cropping intensity, livestock productivity, water conservation, and soil fertility used for the study. The study found a positive correlation (r = .394, p < .01) between social environmental factors and women’s participation & promoted their engagement in sustainable agricultural practices. Consequently, fostering women-led sustainable agriculture is not only vital for improving livelihoods but also serves as a strategic step toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.