Leisure time activity pattern of farmers

The problem and reproduction of leisure continue to rest on economic performance. Societies create leisure only, as far as their economies produce in excess of their ‘basic requirements’ and the growth of leisure in the modern world continues to rest on the relentless application of science and technology. The greater the labour efficiency of production, the greater the time available for leisure. Simultaneously, work time has been reduced and leisure time has expanded. The work - leisure balance has had to be renegotiated with higher demands and, therefore, greater pressure from each activity. Henceforth, to restructure the leisure time utilization, it is imperative background information on the present leisure - time - utilization pattern of the farmers. This research paper examines the magnitude and utilization pattern of the leisure time with the agricultural farmers. The study was conducted in purposively selected Basti district of Uttar Pradesh among 150 respondents. The results revealed that agricultural farmers have the considerable amount of leisure time which are basically being used unproductive and wasteful negative efforts. Therefore, there is need to restructure the utilization of available leisure time of the farmers for productive purposes.