Suggestions given by the Sugarcane growers of Western Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

A study was conducted in western Uttar Pradesh in which two districts Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar were selected purposely. A total number of 240 Sugarcane growers were selected through random sampling from sixteen villages. The structured schedule was developed keeping in view the objectives and variable to be studied. The respondents were contacted personally for data collection. Among the different 6 type of the suggestions viz. Psychological, Social, Technological, Infrastructural, Economical and other suggestions, the major suggestion were identified and in the psychological suggestions ‘Create awareness about the IPM practices.’ Got 1st rank, in the social suggestions ‘Support from family members to adopt agriculture as a profession’ got 1st rank, in the technological suggestions ‘Link social media to agriculture/ Agriculture information disseminate through the social media’ got 1st rank, in the infrastructural suggestions ‘Agriculture fair, exhibition, health camps should be organized at Panchayat level through social media’ got 1st rank, in the economic suggestions ‘Loan procedure should be made easy’ was ranked 1st, in the other suggestions ‘Increase the youths involvement in the policy making’ was ranked 1st, respectively.