Socio-economic profile of maize growers in Kashmir valley of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

A study on socio-economic profile of the maize growers was carried out in three districts Budgam, Anantnag and Baramulla purposively selected on the basis of having maximum area under maize cultivation and a total sample size of 298 maize growers was taken for the study. The results revealed that nearly half (48.00 %) of the maize growers were middle aged, one forth (26.51 %) of maize growers had middle level of education, nearly half of the maize growers (45.31 %) had agriculture as their main occupation, nearly half (48.00 %) of the maize growers had medium family size and majority (51.00 %) of the maize growers had small land holding, majority (65.44 %) had small area under maize cultivation, majority (50.67 %) belonged to annual income group II, nearly half (47.99 %) had medium experience in maize cultivation. Nearly half (48.66 %) had low level of material possession, majority (53.70 %) belonged to medium level of livestock possession. majority (66.45 %) of the maize growers had medium level of economic motivation, half of the maize growers (50.00 %) had medium level of innovative proneness. Nearly half of the maize growers (47.65 %) had medium level of source of information, one third (35.58 %) of the maize growers had medium level of extension contacts.