A Study of Socio-economic Profile of Farming Community in Hadoti Region of Rajasthan, India
Vinay Kumar Singh *
Department of Agricultural Extension, Career Point University, Kota, Rajasthan, India.
Dheerendra Kumar
Department of Agricultural Extension, School of Agricultural Sciences, CPU, Kota, India.
M. K. Jangid
Department of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences, CPU, Kota, India.
Kunwar Devdat Singh
Department of Agricultural Extension, SHUATS, Allahabad (U.P.), India.
Anand Kumar Mishra
Department of Agricultural Extension, Oriental University, Indore, MP 453555, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: The present research aimed to study the socio-economic profile of the farming community of Hadoti region of Rajasthan state of India.
Study Design: In this study, the stratified random sampling method was used for the selection of farmers/respondents in the study area.
Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted in Hadoti region of Rajasthan in 2022.
Methodology: A total of 320 farmers were randomly selected from different district’s villages of the region. Total four districts Kota, Baran, Bundi and Jhalawar are in Hadoti region of Rajasthan. A total of 2-2 tehsils were selected from each district, 4-4 villages were selected from each tehsil and 10-10 farmers were selected from these selected village of each district. Thus, a total of 320 respondents were selected from Hadoti region for this study.
Results: The study found that majority of the farmers were small and marginal farmers with an average land holding of less than 2 hectares. Most of the farmers belonged to the 31–45-year-old group and most belonged to the Scheduled Castes. His 66.25% of farmers were engaged in agriculture, and the education level of the majority of farmers (25.31%) was his eighth level. According to the data obtained in the study, the respondents were from joint families (53.44%). The houses of the farmers were mostly (58.13%) both mud (kutcha) and solid (pucca). The study also revealed that the farming community faced various challenges including low education level, insufficient agricultural resources and lack of knowledge of new technology.
Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a need for policy interventions to improve the socio-economic conditions of the farming community in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan. The annual income of the farmers of the selected area is low due to the availability of agricultural resources in them.
Keywords: Hadoti region, farming community, socio-economic profile, agriculture land holding, agriculture challenges