tailieunhanh - Socio-economic, communicational and psychological profile of tribal farmers for their livelihood status in west Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, India

Agriculture is the backbone of the economy. India is a developing country and Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy. Agriculture and allied activities including crop and animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry and agro processing provides livelihood to the tribal farmers. Diversified farming defines when a farmer is engaged in a multitude of farm enterprises, it is referred to as diversified farming. A farm on which the income from a single product is less than or not equal to 50 per cent of the total income, is called a diversified or general and such farming know as diversified farming. The motive behind diversified farming is self-sufficiency. In view of the objectives of study two types of respondents, agriculture farming and diversified farming were selected. A total 200 tribal farmers in which 100 agriculture farming and 100 diversified farming practicing farmers was selected through snow ball random sampling method from the selected villages. The study was conducted in scheduled block of Khargone district of the Madhya Pradesh. The study were selected following characteristics of tribal farmers like age, education, type of family, size of family, occupation, annual income, housing pattern, land holding, social participation, contact with extension personal and source of information utilization. Scientific orientation, achievement motivation, risk orientation. | Socio-economic, communicational and psychological profile of tribal farmers for their livelihood status in west Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, India