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ANALYTICAL STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS IN MEGHALAYA

    2 Author(s):  ANIMA MAZUMDER, DR. GITA PYAL

Vol -  10, Issue- 4 ,         Page(s) : 89 - 97  (2019 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

Agricultural improvement is a standout amongst the most discussed issues as a noteworthy portion of our population has been as yet connected with the agricultural business. The across the board modernization of agriculture, advancement of numerous cutting edge systems and improvement in farm efficiency all are the essential characteristics of agricultural advancement. Information was gathered utilizing an organized calendar and Trivedi's (1963) method was pursued for quantifying socioeconomic status of farmers rehearsing natural farming. The information uncovered that the greater part of the respondents (51.67 percent) were medium landholders, more than 33% of respondents had secondary school (38.33 percent) training, almost two third (65.00 percent) of the respondents were having pakka house, Majority (66.67 percent) of the respondents were had a place with OBC classification, majority (95.00 percent) of the farmers had little family (under five individuals) and Cent percent of the respondents were following agriculture as their fundamental occupation.

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