A Study of Socio-economic Aspects of Equine Farmers in Haryana, India
Ajmer Singh
*
Singhania University, Pacheri Bari-333415 Jhunjhanu (Rajasthan), India.
Yash Pal
ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar-125001 (Haryana), India.
Jitender Prashad
Singhania University, Pacheri Bari-333415 Jhunjhanu (Rajasthan), India.
Rajender Kumar
ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar-125001 (Haryana), India.
Sanjay Kumar
ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar-125001 (Haryana), India.
Prabhat Kumar
Singhania University, Pacheri Bari-333415 Jhunjhanu (Rajasthan), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The research was aimed to study socio-economic aspects of equine farmers in Haryana, India. The study was conducted in four districts (provinces) of Haryana; Hisar, Bhiwani, Jind and Rohtak. The study was descriptive and exploratory in nature and data were collected during January 2022 to March 2022. Selection of respondents was done by simple random sampling method at sampling site. Structured interview schedule was adopted for data collection. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version was adopted for analysis of data. It was found that majority of respondents 51.2% were of middle age group and 43.2% were illiterate, 56.1% respondents belong to other backward class, 86.1% were landless, 45.9% respondents live in nuclear family, household total monthly income of maximum of respondents (34.3%) is 20001 to 30000 INR (Indian Rupee), 65% rear single equine and 48.8% get monthly income 5000 to 15000 INR from per equine rearing. The study revealed that socio-economic profile of equine farmers is not satisfactory in study area, equine population is declining rapidly and equine farmers are migrating from equine rearing to other profession and exploring new source of income.
Keywords: Equine farmers, socio-economic profile, rural and urban area