Personal and socio-economics profile of the saffron growers and its association with their income level: A study in the Pulwama district of Kashmir valley

Abstract

The study was carried out in district Pulwama of Kashmir Valley. Only two blocks namely, block Pampore and block Awantipora were purposively selected owing to the maximum area and production in these two blocks of the district. Out of the two blocks, 150 respondents from five villages were selected through stratified random sampling method. The study reveals that the majority of the respondents (42.00%) were in the age group of 53-65 years having an annual income of below 3Lakh and formal schooling of below 3 years and one half of the respondents had extension scores of 12 and above and majority (53.34%) had small holding viz, below 3 Kanals. The study reveals a significant association between knowledge and income; income and age; income and education; income and size of holding; and income and extension contact scores.