Employment Pattern and Occupational Behaviour of Horticultural Farmers

An attempt was made to find out the preference of the subsidiary and off-seasonal occupations of horticultural farmers. The study was conducted on 120 farmers of Hoshangabad district of M.P. Dairy farming was the most preferred additional occupation for 37.50 per cent of the respondents, followed by, almost equal percentage of respondents preferring goat rearing and poultry, respectively, as their additional occupation. The majority of respondents had medium level of occupation behaviour. The major constraint for horticultural farmers during seasonal occupation was lack of capital.