Status of technical gaps between the farmers in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Faizabad division (officially Ayodhya division). The district was known as Dariyabad district because its headquarters were at Dariyabad, but in 1859 they were relocated to Barabanki. It is one of the 75 districts of the Uttar Pradesh state. Total area of Barabanki districts is 3891.5 sq. km. Its latitude and longitude are 26.920 N and 81.200 E respectively. Ayodhya is situated at height of 100 m (300 ft.) above mean sea level, situated on the parallel streams of the Ghaghara and Gomti. It is falls under eastern plain Agro-climatic zone. It headquarters is the Barabanki city. 5 Blocks viz; from Siddhaur, Haidergarh, Dariyabad, Trivediganj, Banikodar, block of district Barabanki were included in surveys. Hence, 5 blocks from district had been selected. 60 households were further selected randomly from each sample blocks for detailed survey. A sample size of 300 farmers was selected. 300 respondents including 273 agroforestry adopters and 27 are non-adopters were finally selected for the study from each of the studied village.