Socio-Economic Profile of Sugarcane Growers in District Lakhimpur Kheri, India

Ambrish Kumar Verma, B. S. Sachan, Birendra Kumar, Bhartendu Yadav and H. P. Singh Choudri

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2022, vol. 40, issue 9, 4

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: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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