Socio Economic status of the beneficiaries of JFMP in the Rajpipla and Valsad Forest Divisions of South Gujarat”

The present investigation was carried out in Rajpipla and Valsad Forest Division, which is situated in Southern part of the Gujarat having 12 Forest Divisions of Forest Department where the JFM Programme was introduced. ‘Ex-post facto’ research design was used for the study. According to Kerlinger (1976) ex-post facto research design is worth to apply when the independent variable have already acted upon. The study is concerned to identify the characteristics of beneficiaries who have certain influenced on JFM Programme's activities. The results of study indicate that the majority of the beneficiaries belonged to middle age group, had middle level of education, had medium size of family, membership with a position in social organization and had medium level of value orientation. More than one third of them had low level of progressivism and two fifth had medium level of economic motivation.