STUDY OF SOCIO -ECONOMIC STATUS OF ONION FARMERS IN NASHIK DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA

KUMUD SHUKLA¹*, NAHAR SINGH^2
1Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 211007 India
²Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 211007 India
* Corresponding Author : upadhayaykumud@gmail.com

Received : 13-06-2018     Accepted : 23-06-2018     Published : 30-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 12       Pages : 6425 - 6427
Int J Agr Sci 10.12 (2018):6425-6427

Keywords : Socio-Economic status; onion farmers; Maharashtra; Nashik
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 211007
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Socio-economic status (SES) is a combined measurement of economic and social position of an entity compared to others in society. Present study tried to investigate SES of onion farmers. For this study, the State of Maharashtra was selected purposively. Out of 36 districts of Maharashtra, Nashik district was selected purposively for the study. From each selected village, 10 percent respondents were selected randomly thus making a sample of 131 respondents for the study. Eight variable viz. education, family size, family type, occupation, age, landholdings, farming experience and annual income were selected to assess the SES. Data was collected through a structured interview schedule by personal interview method. The study showed that majority of the respondents were literate at high school level (29.77 %), medium family size (56.49%), belonged to nuclear family type (61.83 %), agriculture as main occupation (40.46 %), belonged to middle age (57.25%), small landholdings (44.27%), medium farming experience (67.18%) and medium annual income (79.39%).

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