SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF FARMER MEMBERS OF DIVASA AGRO FARMER PRODUCER COMPANY, DEWAS DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH

PANKAJ PATIDAR¹, P. SHRIVASTAVA²*, ANUPAMA VERMA³, A. SHRIVASTAVA^4
1Institute of Agri Business Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Department of English, Institute of Agri Business Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : prasantdgg@gmail.com

Received : 03-03-2023     Accepted : 28-03-2023     Published : 30-03-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 3       Pages : 12226 - 12228
Int J Agr Sci 15.3 (2023):12226-12228

Keywords : Socio economic profile, Members, Farmer producer company
Academic Editor : Dr Neetu Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Institute of Agri Business Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,482004, Madhya Pradesh, India and Divasa Agro Famer Producer Company Ltd, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, land is being used for non-agricultural purposes, breaking joint family to nuclear families, youth disinterest or dissatisfaction with agriculture lack of Credit, market knowledge, input price changes, and the lack of technical adoption are just a few examples. Multi-Stage, purposive and random sampling technique has been used for data collection. Dewas district and Tonk Khurd block were purposively selected as the FPC is located there and its operating area covers 10 villages so all the 10 villages were selected for the purpose of sampling. 18 farmers who were members of the FPC were randomly selected from each pre selected village from amongst a sample frame of 450 members. It was found that most of the members of Devasa Agro Farmer Producer Company were between 34-49 years of age, around 90 percent of them were literate, more than 50 percent of them were small and marginal farmers and around 84 percent of them had annual income of Rs 71960/- to 426042/-. Thus, it may be concluded that the FPC consisted of middle aged, educated small and medium farmers who had a decent annual income

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