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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
163 in small. Education is one of the important socio-economic factors which is related to
understanding and technology adoption. It was found that 51.78 % farmers had formal
schooling maximum upto 10 th standard only. Most of the participant under the study belongs
to either middle (35.35 %) or old (37.36 %) age group. About 50 per cent of respondent resides
in those area which is 5 to 10 km away from market. 37.36 per cent people harness the benefit
of market in vicinity of 5 km and 12.72 per cent farmers could not take the benefit of market
as it was quite away. Thus, people who resides in nearby market avail area gets more benefits.
61.86 % participant lives in radius of 10 km of extension service provider. Majority of the
farmers (77.36 %) had less than one lakh annual income and only few have (7.60 %) had more
than 1.5 lakh.
Socio-economic profile of farmers
Trait Category No. Per cent Cumulative (%)
Categories of
Farmer
Education
Age Group
Distance of
Market
Distance From
Nearest Extension
Service Provider
Male 522 80.93
Female 123 19.07
Marginal (< 1 ha) 188 29.15 29.15
Small (1-2 ha) 163 25.27 54.42
Semi-Medium (2-
4 ha)
145
22.48
76.90
Medium (4-10 ha) 118 18.29 95.19
Large (>10 ha) 31 4.81 100.00
Illiterate 54 8.37 8.37
No Formal
Schooling
115
17.83
26.20
Formal 334 51.78 77.98
Matric 96 14.89 92.87
Graduate 46 7.13 100.00
Young (< 35
year)
Middle (35-45
year)
176
228
27.29
35.35
27.29
62.64
Old (> 45 year) 241 37.36 100.00
Upto 5 Km 241 37.36 37.36
5-10 Km 322 49.92 87.28
10-15 Km 51 7.91 95.19
15 -20 Km 31 4.81 100.00
Upto 10 Km 399 61.86 61.86
10-20 Km 214 33.18 95.04
20-30 Km 26 4.03 99.07
More Than 30
Km
6
0.93
100.00
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