Comparative study of mechanised and non-mechanized farmers’ views regarding values and beliefs in life

Pages: 31-37
Neeru Bala (Department of Sociology, Govt. Sr. Sec. School Chakkan, Sirsa)
Darpan Saluja (Junior Programmer, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana)

The contribution of agricultural mechanization has been well recognized in enhancing the production together with irrigation, biological and chemical inputs of high yielding seed varieties, fertilizers, pesticides and mechanical energy. Indian Green Revolution is regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. It has been adopted in India on a large scale benefiting both small, medium and large size farms.The study was conducted in rural agricultural Haryana following the criteria of advancement and backwardness of the agricultural area. For the purpose two districts were selected, one in which certain forces of changes and development were present and other where they were absent. A block was randomly selected from each district i.e. Asandh block from Karnal district and Bawani Khera block from Bhiwani district. From the selected cluster of -villages a list of all the farmers of the village was prepared and from that list 150 respondents were selected randomly keeping in proportion farmers to the total population of the villages identified in the cluster. So on the whole a total of 300 respondents were selected from the identified clusters. The study therefore, assumes that the technology and society are interdependent in the sense that former causes change in the latter which in turn affects the former.The study resulted that As the developments proceeds, the social values also under go a change. The attitude towards material progress tend to be more positive with technological improvement. Consequently, the things which were valued most in the past lose their importance with changes in technology