Socio-economic profile of sugarcane growers in east Champaran District Bihar, India

In India, Sugarcane is distinguished as a higher employment and capital intensive crop and oriented towards agro-based industry. The actual yields obtained are considerable lower than those recorded in the demonstration plots and research stations/farms. Therefore, there is need to know the different yield gaps between farmer's fields and the demonstration plots. In the present study, an attempt has been made to analysis the yield gap in the adoption of sugarcane production by the farmers of East Champaran district of Kotwa Block of Bihar. The study was based on primary data collected on personal interview with 120 farmers. The study has shown that findings of this study revealed that the majority of the respondents were found in middle age group (55%), Education was (30.0%) and also observed that Higher percentage (45.00%) of the respondents had semi medium size of land holding. A higher percentage of the respondents i.e. 71.67 per cent earned medium annual income between (₹67000-340000) the finding also revealed that Majority of the respondents i.e. 65.83 per cent had high mass media exposure and Majority of sugarcane growers (60.00%) had medium level of contact with extension personnel. There were also found that Most of sugarcane growers (71.67%) had medium level of farming experiences and Most of the sugarcane growers (49.16%) had medium level of gaining information about sugarcane cultivation technology. Observation were indicated that Majority of respondents (60.84%) had medium level in material possession.