Impact of farm pond on beneficiaries
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2017-08-19
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Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani
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The present study was conducted in Latur, RenapurandAusa tahsils of Latur district from Marathwada region of Maharashtra state, with an objective to study the impact of farm pond on beneficiaries. Four villages from each tahsil were selected randomly. Total twelve villages were selected for research study. Ten respondents from each village were selected purposively to comprise a sample of 120 respondents. One short case study method of ex-post-facto medium research design was adopted for this study.
It was noticed that majority of respondents were middle age group(63.33%), had education primary school level(29.17%), had mediumland holding (80.00%),havinghigh annual income(55.83%), having medium area under protective irrigation(52.50%), medium social participation(58.33%), medium extension contact (75.84%), medium risk preference (67.50%), medium economic motivation (71.67%)and high innovativeness(52.50%).
It was observed that, 73.33 per cent of beneficiaries after farm pond and 68.33 per cent before farm pond were having medium crop productivity for cotton, majority 71.66 per cent of after and 70.00 per cent before having medium crop productivity for sorghum crop.Also observed that majority of beneficiaries 71.66 per cent after farm pond and 55.00 per cent beneficiaries were having medium crop productivity before farm pond for wheat crop and more than half (51.66%)of beneficiaries (after farm pond) and 50.00per cent of beneficiaries (before farm pond) were having medium crop productivity for redgram.
It was revealed that more than three fifth (65.00%) of beneficiaries (after farm pond) and 40.00 per cent of beneficiaries (before farm pond) were belonged to medium change in cropping pattern.
It was revealed that 75.00 per cent, 63.34 per cent, 55.00 per cent and 38.34 per cent of beneficiaries were done land leveling, graded bunding, broad bed furrow and nala training respectively.
The data showed that 70.00 per cent of beneficiaries (after farm pond) and 56.67 per cent before farm pond were belonged to medium category of employment generation.
It is revealed that more than half(56.67%) of beneficiaries after and 50.00 per cent of beneficiaries before farm pond were present in medium category of material possession.
It was noticed that less than half(46.66%) of beneficiaries after and 41.67 per cent of beneficiaries before were medium category of education of family members.
It was revealed that, majority (65.00%) of beneficiaries after and 40.00 per cent of beneficiaries before farm pond were present medium category of implement possession
91.67 per cent of beneficiaries expressed productive land goes under farm pond was the major constraint expressed by beneficiaries while, 88.34 per cent of beneficiaries expressed high labour wages, whereas, 83.33 per cent of beneficiaries quoted fruit crops are essential for getting subsidy.
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