Correlates of profile of the farmers with their optimism of in distress prone district

Abstract

The present study entitled “Assessment of Optimism of farmers in distress prone area of Vidarbha” was undertaken in Buldhana district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state and the exploratory research design was used for the study. A total sample comprising 120 respondents were selected from ten villages by using random sampling method. The data was collected with the help of pre-tested interview schedule by personally interviewing the respondents and data were subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. In this investigation it is found that, out of 120 respondents, majority of the respondents (70.83%) were observed in medium level of optimism.