Study of Socio-economic Status of Farmers in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh, India

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Ritesh Singh, R.K. Doharey, N.R. Meena, Abhinav Singh, Anurag Shankar Singh, and Virendra Pratap (Department of Extension Education ANDUAT-Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh)

The study was carried out in Kerakat and Dobhi block of Jaunpur district by conducting a personal interview with hundred and fifty farmers those were selected through proportionate random sampling technique from ten selected village panchayat on the basis of fifteen farmers from each village panchayat. The majority of farmers were middle aged and literate including formal and informal education. Other backward caste farmers were dominantly engaged in farming. majority of nuclear family system were found in existence having less than 5 members in their families. Maximum respondents were marginal farmers. Farmers were found such who had earning of Rs. 50001 to 200000. Electric motor and pumping set were dominant farm power along with farm implements. The cycle was main conveyance with all respondents. The mobile phone and T.V. possessed by majority. The majority of farmers (46.67 per cent) were have no participate in any organization. Maximum farmers contact to gram pradhan as formal source of information. informal source of information is family members and television are major source of information in mass media. Economic motivation (78.67 per cent), scientific orientation (78.00 per cent) and risk-orientations (64.00 per cent) were observed medium levels in among farmers.