STUDY ON IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS IN VARANASI (U.P.)
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2024-01-10
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BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY BANDA-210001, UTTAR PRADESH (INDIA)
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The study was conducted in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh during 2022-23. Four FPOs working for more than 5 years i.e. KVFPCL, RFPCL, SKPCL, and JSPCL for the study were selected. A total of 300 respondents were chosen for the study, with 150 members and 150 non-member respondents. The 150 respondents from FPOs were selected using the stratified random sampling method with proportional allocation. Non-member respondents were chosen from the same villages where FPO member respondents were selected. The exploratory research design was used to frame the research study. The majority of the respondents from belonged to middle-age group (62.00%), tended to have intermediate education (32.00%), OBC categories (72.66%), and small families (50.00%). Majority (58.00%) of the respondents had high farming experience, medium participation in group activities (70.00%), information-seeking behavior (53.33%), leadership ability (66.00%), and capacity building (70.66%). Majority of members (48.66%) and non-member (56.67%) respondents had medium level of knowledge. Impact of FPO on member respondents revealed that (31.33%) had high food security levels compared to 14.67% of non-members. Habitat security also favored FPO members, with better housing and sanitation facilities. FPOs membership provided better educational opportunities for children, with a preference for specific types of schools and a higher rate of pursuing collegiate education. Moreover, FPOs significantly impacted health security, as members relied less on local healthcare lesser intensity of facilities and faced affordability challenges. FPOs played significant role in social empowerment of member respondents (55.33%), with 29.34% of members reported high empowerment compared to only 12.00% of non-members. Several factors were significantly associated with the impact of FPO membership among members, including education, farm mechanization, annual income, participation in group/community activities, information-seeking behavior, leadership ability, achievement motivation, communication behavior, decision-making power, risk orientation, innovativeness, and self-confidence. Findings regarding knowledge about vegetable crops among FPO members, age, education, farming experience, farm mechanization, annual income, participation in group/community activities, information- seeking behavior, leadership ability, achievement motivation, communication behavior, decision-making power, risk orientation, innovativeness, and self-confidence were found to have significant relationships. The major constraints faced by member respondents were inadequate storage and processing facilities, labour shortages, low produce prices, and limited market information, alongside marketing challenges like price fluctuations and middlemen involvement.
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RAJEEV RANJAN PATEL. (2024). STUDY ON IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS IN VARANASI (U.P.), DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (AGRICULTURE), BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY BANDA-210001, UTTAR PRADESH (INDIA)