Socio-Economic Profile of Sugarcane Growers in District Lakhimpur Kheri, India
Ambrish Kumar Verma
Department of Agril. Economics & Statistics, C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Technology, India.
B. S. Sachan
Department of Agril. Economics & Statistics, C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Technology, India.
Birendra Kumar
Department of Agril. Economics & Statistics, C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Technology, India.
Bhartendu Yadav *
Department of Agril. Economics & Statistics, C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Technology, India.
H. P. Singh Choudri
Department of Agril. Economics & Statistics, CIMAP, Lucknow, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A Multistage stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study of 150 farmers selected through proportionate randomly sampling. Through descriptive statistical methodology data was analysed and it was found that maximum 84.06 per cent of marginal farmers were belonging to nuclear family system and 62.32 per cent of them were backward in caste. 21.74 per cent marginal farmers were having education up to high school and 81.16 per cent of marginal farmers were of agriculture practising category. Maximum 37.68 per cent marginal farmers belonged to higher income group followed by 33.33 and 28.99 per cent marginal farmers belonging to lower and higher income groups, respectively. It is suggested that sugarcane is a profitable practice and should be continued for further growth.
Keywords: Sugarcane growers, working efficiency, marginal farmers, socio-economic behaviour