Indian Journal of Extension Education
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue: 4

Socio-economic characteristics of fruit nursery growers of district Kulgam

  • Author:
  • Farah Farooq1, Syed Shafat Kubrevi1, Quadri Javeed Ahmad Peer1,*, Nazir Ahmad Ganaie2, Angrej Ali2, Fehim Jeelani Wani3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 43 to 48

1Division of Agriculture Extension and Communication, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-K, Wadura, India

2Division of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-K, Wadura, India

3Division of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-K, Wadura, India

*Corresponding Author Email: quadrijavid2008@gmail.com

Online published on 19 April, 2024.

Abstract

The study was conducted in district Kulgam of Jammu & Kashmir having maximum number (218 nurseries) of fruit nurseries (Anonymous, 2020-21). The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were middle aged with 10+2 education, medium family size, medium land holding, medium area under nursery cultivation, medium experience, medium sources of information and belong to income group II in both cases of annual income and income from nursery cultivation.

Keywords

Fruit nursery growers, Kulgam, Socio-economic characteristics