Socio Economic Status of the Beneficiaries of Agricultural Technology Management Agency in Central Part of India

Rohit Kumar Gupta, Manoher Saryam, Digvijay Dubey, Balveer Singh, Ashok Kumar Verma and Har Dayal Verma

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2024, vol. 42, issue 7, 6

Abstract: The Chhatarpur district's Agricultural Technology Management Agency is a society of important players engaged in agricultural operations for the promotion of sustainable agriculture. It is an administrative center for decentralizing the public Agricultural Technology System's daily management and integrating research and extension activities. It is a registered society responsible for technology dissemination at the district level. This study was carried out in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh state. Ex-post-facto research design was followed in the study. The study found that the majority of the beneficiary respondent in the study area belonged to middle age groups (36 to 50 years) and having education up to middle school and residing in nuclear family system with small size of family (up to 5 members). Majority of the ATMA beneficiaries had medium level of social participation. Majority of the respondents were performing agriculture, however majority of them were also engaged in 2 to 3 occupation to support their livelihood. Further majority of the respondents were having marginal farmers (up to 1 ha.). Majority of the beneficiaries were medium level (Rs.100001 to 200000) annual income earnings.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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