STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF BROILER FARMERS IN UDHAM SINGH NAGAR DISTRICT OF UTTARAKHAND
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2023-09-01
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G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263145
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To study the socio-economic profile traits of broiler farmers, the present investigation was carried out in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand from January 2023 to June 2023. A total of 90 broiler farms were randomly selected for the study. Cost and returns from broiler enterprises were estimated on the basis of farm sizes (small, medium and large) and farmer’s education (up to junior, intermediate, and graduate/above) level. The socio-economic traits of broiler farmers included in the present study were gender, age, family size, education level, flock size, main occupation, annual income, source of information, training, farming experience and land holdings etc. The findings of the investigation suggested a significant difference in total cost between small and large sized farms and for medium and large size farms and among junior, intermediate and graduate/above level educated farmers. In addition, significant difference was observed in total variable cost, between small and large sized farms and also observed for medium and large sized farms. Significant difference was observed in total variable cost, between primary level and graduate/above level educated farmers. Highest gross return was calculated for large sized farms while lowest gross return was calculated for medium sized farms. Significant difference was observed in net returns value among different sized farms. The study revealed that Benefit cost ratio was significantly different between small and large sized farms and also between medium and large sized farms and between junior and graduate level farmers and also between intermediate and graduate level farmers in study area. Influence of education level on farm was found highly significant at 1 percent level. Influence of education level on source of information of farmers was found significant at 5 per cent. Findings of the present study indicated non-significant influence of source of information on farm size. No significant influence of land holding on knowledge and source of communication was observed in this study. Influence of farmer’s education level on their main occupation was found highly significant at 1 per cent. Findings confirmed that majority of farmers were educated up to intermediate level followed by graduation/above level and their main source of information and communication were relatives and neighbours. There is a strong possibility that farmers would have been encouraged after seeing their relatives/neighbour progressing more in poultry farming. It may be concluded that most of the farmers were marginal, young, male, untrained, and broiler farmers as their primary line of work. Large-scale farms with highly educated farmers were shown to be the most profitable for broiler farming. The significant influence of the socio-economic traits notably education, may be related to the main employment, knowledge level, and source of communication used in the various flock-sized farms throughout the research period.
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