A study on socio demographic profile of farmers in Jaipur district Rajasthan

Introduction

This time is the age of scientific development in which new information and knowledge comes out every day and it is essential to transmit this information and knowledge to those Ultimate users who require it in short time of period. In the agriculture purpose there is a need of effectful information because they can utilize and communication for the development. today our country agriculture faces problem due to biotic and abiotic stresses (disease insect and pesticide, soil salinity, heat, cold, drought, flood etc.), changes in climate, changes in food habit and nutritional requirement, increase population, pressure of competitiveness and global trade and development of technological. in present era strategies intervention of ICTs in agriculture input, production and output system, integrate and facilitate trade technology and security of food, through effective chain value and supple chain models. Today farmers need regarding treatment of seed, sowing procedure, management of water, plant protection, compost fertilizer, chemical etc. is considered as key input for sustainable agriculture and intensive farming for agriculture qualitative improvement in farming including improved crop production technology effective and efficient research and developmental programme of the need. agriculture effects many components because famers sources, land size, education level, type of family etc. farmers have limited source of information. This study we want to know how to effect socio demographic factors in agriculture.

Objective of the study

The present study is undertaken with the specific objective of analyzing the socio demographic profile of farmers in Jaipur district.

Research Methodology Sample selection

For selection of sample, Mundiyagarh Gram Panchayat selected Sambhar selected purposively. There are three villages in Mundiyagarh gram panchayat (Mundiyagarh, Charanwas and Birampura. A total of 75 farmers were select randomly from the each village (25 from each village).

Research Design

Descriptive research designs were used for the present study. It is a theoretical type of researcher design based on the collecting primary data based on written questionnaire designing and presentation of the collect data. .

Data Collection Techniques and Tool

The data for this study was collected through structured interview schedule. The interview schedule was consisted four parts and First part included general profile of the farmers:-such as age, sex, education level, farm size, marital status, family type, source of income, farming experience and house hold size.

Statistics Measure

A correlation coefficient is a statistical measure of the degree to which changes to the value of one variable predict change to the value of another. In positively correlated variables, the value increases or decreases in tandem.

Correlation coefficient n = number of observations x = 1 st variable in the context y = 2 nd variable

Results and Discussion

Background information of respondents

The present study has portrayed the background of the respondents specially age, education, caste, family type, annual income, farm size etc. discussed by the following tables.

Distribution of Respondents by their Caste (N-75)

Shows distribution of respondents by their caste, majority (97.33%) of respondents were of OBC caste, 2.66 percent of respondents were of SC category and not any respondents was found in ST and general category. Indicate that majority (30.66%) of respondents were belong to secondary education, while (24%) were belonged to high secondary education as well as primary to 8 th standard level, followed by (18.66%) of the respondents were Illiterate and only few number of respondents were found graduate which was (2.66%).

Distribution of Respondents by their Annual Income (N-75)

Show that maximum number of respondents (44%) were having annual income above Rs. 4 lakh, followed by (26.66%) having annual income between Rs.3 to 4 lakh and 9.33 percent of the farmers were in 1 Lakh to 2 lakh income category.

Conclusion

We found in the study of Characteristics representing the personal and socio economic characterstics age, family size, education level, type of family, farm size, Annual income Farming experience, income are presented. It was evidently defined from the finding that the majority of the farmers associate to 50 to 60 age (37.33%) and most of the farmers (97.33%) are OBC category. All farmers involved in crop production activities were having secondary level of education (30.66%). More than half of the farmers belongs to joint family and family size of 15-20 member. Revealed land size of respondents and showed that in both 60 to 80 bigha and 80 bigha above land size category similar number 22.66% of respondents were found. In the study we found most of the farmers were having farming experience more than 35 years (32%) and annual income were found majority of the farmers more than 4 lakh above.

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