International Journal Of Social Sciences
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Socio-economic Status of Vegetable Growers in Jammu Region of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory

  • Author:
  • Rigzin Disket*, Anil Bhat1, Jyoti Kachroo2, Manish K Sharma3, B.C. Sharma4, Bharat Bhushan5, Malika Sharma1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: Aug 7, 2022
  • Page Number: 191 to 196

1Assistant Professor(s), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha – 180009, J&K

2Professor & Head, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha – 180009, J&K

3Professor & Head, Division of Statistics and Computer Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha – 180009, J&K

4Professor & Head, Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha – 180009, J&K

5Joint Registrar, Academics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha – 180009, J&K

*Research Scholar, Corresponding author: drbhatanil@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4806-9467)

Online published on 7 September, 2022.

Abstract

The present study attempts to identify the socio-economic profile of vegetable farmers of Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir UT. The study was conducted in ten blocks of Jammu district. Data for the study was collected from a sample of 240 vegetable growers. The findings of the study reveal that, the 21.25% of the vegetable farmers were illiterate and 78.75 % were literate. Out of which maximum number of farmers have attend the education up to middle school 22.91 per cent. Among the sample about 65.83 per cent of farmers were marginal having less than 1 hectare land. As far as fixed resource structure is concerned, tractor constitute the highest overall average percentage 94.04 per cent with a value of 193542.00 while least percentage 0.31 per cent share was observed in knap sack sprayer with a value of 653.00. The study revealed that the livestock resource structure of the sampled vegetable firms shows the highest value in cow. The socio-economic status of the farmers can be improved by imparting technical knowledge/ training to vegetable farmers, increasing their education level and increasing their social participation.

The socio-economic status of the farmers can be improved by imparting technical knowledge/ training to vegetable farmers, increasing their education level and increasing their social participation.

The fixed and livestock resource structure of the sampled vegetable firms shows the highest value in tractor and cow, respectively.

Keywords

Vegetables, Socio-economic, Farmers’ income, Education, Resource structure