Study on Socio-Economic Status and Constraints Faced by the Livestock Farmers of the Aspirational Districts of West Bengal, India

Sreetama Bhattacharjee, K. C. Dhara, S. S. Kesh, S. Ghosh, P. Dasgupta (Das), A. K. Giri, B. Sarkar, S. Roy, S. Bose and A Dey
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Sreetama Bhattacharjee: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
K. C. Dhara: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
S. S. Kesh: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
S. Ghosh: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
P. Dasgupta (Das): DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
A. K. Giri: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
B. Sarkar: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
S. Roy: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
S. Bose: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
A Dey: DBT Project on Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at WBUAFS, Kolkata,Directorate of Research, Extension & Farms,West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 07, 331-340

Abstract: The study was conducted on socio-economic status and constraints faced by the farmers in purposively selected five aspirational districts (as identified by the NITI Aayog, Govt. of India) of West Bengal. Respondents were randomly selected from each district with a total sample size of 4285 number of farmers for the present study. The data was collected with the help of a pre-tested structured interview schedule. The study of various socio-economic indicators suggests that the majority of animal husbandry and fishery farmers in the aspirational districts were illiterate and belong to the most active age group, Hindu religion, and with lower economic status. Cultivation was the main occupation of the majority of farmers to maintain livelihood security. The analysis also revealed that the majority of the farmers were also engaged in livestock rearing. Finally, it also depicted various constraints like lack of training facilities, education etc. These were the major drawbacks for the upliftment of the socio-economic status of the farmers in the five selected districts of West Bengal which might be very much informative in the formulation of specific animal husbandry development plan in the study area.

Date: 2021
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