Relationship between Socio-economic Status and Knowledge about Millets Farming Practices in Prayagraj and Bhadohi District of Uttar Pradesh
Keywords:
Millets, Knowledge, Farming, PracticesAbstract
The current study was conducted mainly with objective to determine the Relationship between Socio-economicstatus and knowledge about millets farming practices inPrayagraj and Bhadohi districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Thestudy was done three in blocks: Manda and Uruwa in Prayagraj, and Deegh in Bhadohi district. Four villages were selected from each block which involved a total of 120 millets growers. Data gathering was carried out through personalized interviews and aided by
a well-developed questionnaire. We used the coefficient of correlation 'r' to analyze the interaction between millets growers and their knowledge practices.The study concluded that the majority of respondents were in the middle age group (58.34%), high school and intermediate level education (43.33%), and 51.67% population belonged to other backward class, and 68.34% were belonging to the farming experiences. found the relationship between socio-economic characteristics with level of knowledge of millets grower’s caste, farming experience, mass media exposer and extension contact were positively and significant. Its need to Government should provide more information about millets to the farmer through fairs, training and campaigning, etc.
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