Socio-economic status and communication behaviour pattern of the dairy farmers in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir

The study was conducted in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir state to find out the of socioeconomic status of the dairy farmers. For the study 120 farmers who had at least one milch animal at the time of investigation were selected as respondents. The independent variables such as education, land holding and age were measured using Somasundaram (1995) scale with slight modification and classification. Study revealed that majority of farmers belonged to medium socio-economic status and had medium information source utilization pattern. The main source of information was the radio followed by television which were frequently used by the farmers. The reach of extension contact to remote villages of the state was found to be low.