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    Organic farming among farmers of rural Haryana: A Sociological Analysis
    (CCSHAU,HiSAR, 2021-09) Manisha; Bas Kaur
    Organic farming is more than just avoiding the use of agrochemicals in agriculture; it is a technique for establishing a healthy agro-ecosystem on a farm. Organic agriculture arose from the purposeful efforts of inspired people, who wanted to build the finest possible relationship between man and the land. The present research was conducted in Haryana state with following specific objectives: (1) To assess knowledge of farmers about organic farming. (2) To ascertain the nature and extent of adoption level of organic farming practices and (3) To study the association between selected socio-economic variables and adoption of organic farming. The sample of 120 respondents was selected from a cluster of villages from two districts, namely, Karnal and Sirsa through systemic random sampling techniques. Data were collected through interview Scheduled and analyzed with suitable descriptive statistical techniques. Analysis clearly revealed that majority of the respondents (58.30%) had medium level of knowledge and about one-third (31.70%) had high level of knowledge regarding organic farming. Near about half of respondents (45%) had medium level of adoption followed by 40.80 percent who had low level of adoption. Analysis indicated that age, education, caste, family type, size of land holding, subsidiary occupation and socio-economic status were found significantly associated with level of knowledge regarding organic farming. Results revealed that education, caste, family type, size of land holding, subsidiary occupation and mass media exposure were found to be significantly associated with level of adoption regarding organic farming. It was found that 70 percent were doing organic farming for more than three years. Low yield of crops, lack of purchasing agencies, no minimum support price, low premium prices for organic products, poor communication channels were the major constraints. There should be more purchasing agencies, minimum support price, proper market facilities available for farmers and farmers should be encouraged to adopt organic farming by giving subsidies.
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    Sociological study of women representatives of gram panchayats
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021-05) Malik, Saleem; Kathpalia, Jatesh
    The study was conducted in Haryana state. Hisar district and Palwal district were selected from the Bhagar and Mewat cultural zone respectively. Two blocks from each district were selected randomly. From each block villages were also selected randomly. From Hisar-1 block Gangwa, Kharar, Alipur and Shikarpur and from Hansi-1 block Garhi, Ramayan, and Kharkara villages were randomly selected. From Palwal district Hodal and Hathin two blocks were randomly selected. From Hodal block Sondh, Saveli and Khirbi baptoli and from Hathin block Malai, Tonka, Lakhnaka, Dhirnki and Mandkola villages were randomly selected. Totally 80 respondents were selected from the both districts. 40 respondents were selected from each district. Panchayati Raj is not a new phenomenon in the country. Its illustration in history goes back to more than a 1000 years. It has its roots in Ancient Indian Institutions when the villages were little republics governed by their Panchayats. Majority of respondents (55%) had participation in gram panchayat activities. Knowledge level of respondents was medium and high. Majority of the respondents (56.25%) had medium attitude followed by low (23.75%) and high attitude (20%). More than one fourth (27.50%) of the respondents were engaged in farming followed by one fifth (20.00%) of the respondents were engaged in business and farm labour respectively. More than two fifth (43.75%) of the respondents had knowledge how many times meeting of „Gram Panchayat‟ held in a year. More than half (56.25%) respondents had correct knowledge that 33 per cent seats are reserved for women representatives. It has been strongly felt that an effective Panchayati Raj System can bring rapid and integrated development through people's participation. However, the Panchayats face a number of problems in performing their roles.The female headed panchayats had better performance in terms of holding panchayat &gram sabha meetings; passing resolutions; beneficiary selection; planning & budget formulation; sources of income generation; establishment of local institutions; implementation of schemes; accountability &transparency.
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    Sociological analysis of health status of elderly in rural Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021) Praveen Kumar; Vinod Kumari
    The present study entitled “A Sociological analysis of health status of elderly in rural Haryana” was carried out with the objectives to study the nature and extent of health problems faced by rural elders and their perception regarding their physical and psychological health status. The study was carried out Haryana state in two district Hisar and Mahandragarh with a sample size of 360 respondents. A well framed questionnaire and interview scheduled was followed to conduct the study. More than half of the respondents belonged to young old (60-69) age group (56.7%).Two third of the respondents belongs to backward caste (66.9%) and 30.8 per cent of the respondents had marginal land holdings. Visual impairment was the main health problem followed by dental problem and hearing impairment .Among rural elders the problem of paralytic attack, diabetes and cardiovascular disease were minimum. The major psychological problems faced by the respondents were difficulty in learning, mood swings and irritation and reduced interest. It was observed that on an average 66.4 percent were having average psychological health statuses where as 30.8 percent were having good and 2.8 percent having poor psychological health status. The mental status of elderly showed that 64.2 per cent of elderly were always playing useful role in family followed by 94.7 per cent elderly faced sleep loss sometime and 85.6 percent of the elderly sometime could concentrate on work. As a regards to perception about physical health status, two-thirds of rural respondents (66.4%) perceived their physical health status as good and only 0.8 percent perceived their physical health status as poor. Physical health status was significantly associated with their gender, age, education level, occupation, family type, mass media exposure, lifestyle and leisure time activities. It can be concluded from the results that these factors contributed to the physical health status of elderly.