Socio-economic profile of the common adopters of improved practices of crops and livestock enterprises and their problems and suggestive measures-A case study in adopted and non-adopted villages in North Eastern India

The study on socio-economic profile of the common adopters of improved practices of crops and livestock enterprises was conducted in 13 purposively selected districts in North East region with 130 sample size from each adopted and non-adopted village. Data collection from the selected respondents was made with the help of pre-tested structured schedule through personal interview method. The study reveals that majority of the respondents in adopted villages belonged to middle age category and had low to medium level of education, single family type and medium size of family. They engaged farming as primary occupation and had operational land holding size above 3 hectares with income level ranging from 50, 000.00–100000.00. Most of the beneficiary farmers received medium level of trainings, mass media exposure and extension contact. While in case of non-beneficiary respondents, the study shows that majority respondents belonged to middle age category, possessed low education level and belonged to SC/ST caste with single family type and medium family size. Farming was the main occupation among the non-beneficiary respondents with average annual income less than 50, 000.00 and were small farmers with operational land holding size ranging from 2–3 hectares. The study further indicates that majority of the respondents in non-adopted villages received medium intensity of trainings organised by different developmental organisations and agencies other than Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and had medium level of mass media exposure and extension contact to acquire knowledge and skills related to different farming activities.