ISSN: 2265-6294

Study on Social-economic profile of the hybrid rice growers in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

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Ashish Srivastava, Vikas Singh Sengar, Aneeta Yadav

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The present study was conducted in two districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Namely district Azamgarh in Eastern Plain Zone North and Sonbhadra in Vindhyan Zone of Uttar Pradesh since were selected purposively, the total number of blocks in Azamgarh district is 22. Out of 22 blocks, three blocks namely. Thekma, Tarwa and Tahbarpur of Azamgarh district were selected purposely. The total number of blocks in Sonbhadra district is 8. Out of these, three blocks namely, Chatra,Chopan and Duddhi of Sonbhadra district were selected purposely. Four villages from each block of districts were selected randomly to draw the samples of farmers, with the consideration of highest acreage under hybrid rice. Majority of the respondents was belonged to middle age group (35-55 years) and literate 86.11 per cent. Majority of respondents belonged to general caste in study area. It revealed that most of respondents were observed in nuclear/single families. Result revealed maximum number of respondents found in medium category and their accounts 51.66 per cent. Result revealed that 43.33 per cent of respondents were observed less than 1 ha of land and they belonged to marginal farmer’s category. The maximum respondents were engaged in agriculture 41.66 per cent. Maximum number of the respondents belonged to the annual income of medium(Rs.93624-295483) 51.94per cent. Most of respondents having the mixed type of house was found 55.00per cent.

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