Factors affecting the Income generation of tribal farmers in Madhya Pradesh State of India
2015
Rajan, Parvez | Khare, Nalin | Singh, S.R.K.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra is an innovative science based institution which conducts On Farm Testing for technology assessment and refinement; undertakes vocational training of farmers, farm women and rural youths; and Front-line demonstrations to promptly demonstrate the latest agricultural technologies to the farmers as well as the extension workers in India. The study was conducted in three districts of Madhya Pradesh state during 2013–14 to study the factors affecting the income generation of tribal farmers. The present study was undertaken to assess the income generation of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) working in the tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. The study was conducted with 300 tribal farmers randomly selected in 12 villages of Mandla, Dindori and Shahdol district, the findings revealed that, tribal farmers were of comparatively middle age group, education up to high school, agriculture+other as their occupation, medium annual income, medium landholdings, medium experience, The income generation of tribal farmers was high.
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