National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was conducted in district Saharanpur during 2014 to investigate the socioeconomic profiles of rural rice farmers. To this end, primary data was collected through structured questionnaire using a sample of size eighty allocating to four block selected purposively, each comprising two villages selected on the basis of proportional sampling technique. Rice farmers were found associated with agriculture sector. Major occupations were teaching and daily wage earners. Most of the rice farmers were found educated and semi-medium size category. Most of the respondents were belonging to higher medium age group followed by lower medium age group and young age group category between the age levels and remaining were old age group is Men generally made decisions. Among the hundred farmers 96.25 % were found educated while the remaining 3.75 % were uneducated which showed high degree of illiteracy level. Villagers used to derive their food sustenance from their own farm products. Cattle and buffalo were the major livestock. the majority of 66.25 per cent respondents were having low level of farm assets followed by 23.27 per cent respondents were having medium level of farm assets and the remaining 10.00 per cent respondents of basmati rice growers were high numbers of farm assets. The major sources of income were farm incomes and foreign remittances. The major heads of expenditures were food items, clothing, education, health, electricity, house rent, sui-gas, and water and investment activities. The total expenditures recorded were Rs. 25,001 to 50000 annual ranges per year. They were found engaged in subsistence level of farming. The Govt. should take steps to improve their standard of living.
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