Personal and socio-economic profile of rice growing farmers in Konkan region

Abstract

Rice is fundamental component of farming systems and diets in many nations including India. Rice culture system is not a purely technical decision and different factors may affect it. These factors are directly related to personal, economic and psychological characteristics of framers. Considering these factors, present study was conducted in three tahsils of Raigad district of Konkan region having sample size 135 rice growers with objective to study the personal characteristics of the farmers. From the result it was observed that 34.81 percent of respondents having secondary education completed and minimum 6.67 percent respondent completed their graduation. It was revealed that majority (51.85%) of the respondents were engaged in farming and having 70.37 percent of respondent observed in medium family size. It was seen that maximum number (48.15%) of the respondents were having medium annual income, while 36.30 and 15.55 percent of the respondents had low and high annual income, respectively. The maximum number (36.30%) of the respondents had marginal size of land holding and 68.90 percent of respondent had medium extension contact. The majority (51.11%) of the respondent get seed from Krishi Seva Kendra followed by Own seed (29.62%), Mahabeej (13.33%), Neighbours or friends (13.33%), Krishi Vigyan Kendra (11.11%), Panchayat Samiti (05.92%), Agriculture University (02.22%). 68.14 percent of rice growers had medium cosmopoliteness and majority (74.81%) of the respondents had medium rice yield.