tailieunhanh - Impact of diversified agriculture support project (DASP) on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of district Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), India

The present study was conducted in District Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh State of India to evaluate the impact of Diversified Agriculture Support Project (DASP) launched under World Bank supported flagship programme on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. The major findings of the study revealed that majority of beneficiaries ( percent) were in the age group of 40-50 years whereas the majority of non-beneficiaries ( percent) belong to the age group of 50-60 years. The educational status of majority of beneficiaries ( percent) was concentrated upto high school whereas majority of non-beneficiaries (32 percent) falls under illiterate category of educational standard. Further, majority of beneficiaries ( percent) and non-beneficiaries ( percent) had farming as their main occupation. It was also found that majority of the beneficiates ( percent) and non-beneficiaries ( percent) had size of land holding upto 2 hectares. The data further reflected that almost 85-95% of the land holdings in both the cases belong to small and medium farmers. | Impact of diversified agriculture support project (DASP) on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of district Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), India