AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF PRODUCTION DYNAMICS AND FACTORS AFFECTING PERI URBAN AGRICULTURE
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AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF PRODUCTION DYNAMICS AND FACTORS AFFECTING PERI URBAN AGRICULTURE
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Creator |
JAGRITI ROHIT
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B.K Singh
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productivity, markets, marketing, manpower, biological phenomena, area, economics, participation, crops, irrigation
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Peri-urban agriculture refers to production units close to town, which operate intensive semi- or fully commercial farms to grow vegetables and other crops, raise livestock, and produce milk and eggs. Urban and peri-urban agriculture, although not a panacea for food insecurity, has the potential to provide millions with some secure access to food. In and around the National capital region of Delhi, farmers are taking up cultivation of vegetables due to their high demand. The study was conducted to analyse the production dynamics and factors affecting peri-urban agriculture in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad district of Haryana, India. Hapur block was selected from Hapur district and Faridabad block from Faridabad district. Two villages each from these blocks were selected and thus a total of 120 respondents from villages constituted the sample size. The data collected from the respondent revealed that average production dynamics index of the farmers in the study area was 65.56. It was found out that 83.33per cent of farmers were in the dynamic category followed by 12.5 per cent in highly dynamic and 4.16 per cent in least dynamic category of production dynamics. Majority of famers were middle age group, having high school level of education having medium family sizes were in the dynamic range of production dynamic index. 65.66 per cent farmers having agriculture as their prime occupation were in the dynamic category. Age showed negative correlation with production dynamics index while education, experience annual income from vegetable, extension contact and social participation was showing positive and significant correlation with production dynamics index. The result of the study shows that 51.2 per cent of the farmers had vegetable as their most preferred enterprise and 49.6 per cent of the farmers had organic manure as their most preferred choice in nutrient management. IARI emerged the most sought after institution providing support to the farmers in the selected areas. Unavailability of inputs like fertilizers during peak period, unavailability of labour during harvesting with high cost of fertilizers and plant protection chemicals were the prime problems indicated by the vegetable growing farmers. |
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Date |
2016-03-15T18:26:04Z
2016-03-15T18:26:04Z 2013 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/65162
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en_US
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application/pdf
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IARI, DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE NEW DELHI
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