Progressive Research – An International Journal Society for Scientific Development Volume 11 (2) : 228-231, (2016) in Agriculture and Technology Print ISSN : 0973-6417, Online ISSN : 2454-6003 (U.P.)

SOCIO-ECO NOMIC PRO FILE OF BASMATI RICE GROW ERS OF WEST ERN Dileep Kumar Gupta, R.N. Yadav, D.K. Singh, Dan Singh1, H.L. Singh, R.B. Yadav, Shiv Prakash Sonkar Department of Ag ri cul tural Exten sion, SVPUAT, Meerut 1Correspondance Author–Dan Singh E-mail : [email protected] A Part of Ph.D. Thesis of First Author ABSTRACT This study was carried out during the year 2013-14 in block from and Anoopshahr block from district of Uttar Pradesh. To know the socio-economic profile of basmati rice grower’s of . It was observed that the majority of the respondents were belong to middle age group (48.33%), other backward caste (38.89%), educational status graduate and above (25.56%), joint family type (50.56%), medium size of family (48.33%), member of formal institutional membership (58.89%), medium size of land holding (45.56%), pucca housing pattern (59.44%), medium live-stock position (46.67%), low category of farm assets (50.56%), electricity connection at their farm only (35.56%), received information through radio/ television (23.89%), 46.11% farmers having transportation facility of Tanga/Jugar gari/Jhota buggi, sources of irrigation have canal (48.33%) and most of the farmers annual income was Rs. 1,40,000 to Rs. 4,50,000.

Key words : Basmati rice grow ers, and their charac ter is tics

Basmati rice is cultivated in the North-Western part of the RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Indo-Gangetic plains. The area of Uttar Pradesh, The study was carried out in Gangoh block from , Punjab and Uttrakhand states are major and Anoopshahr block from contributors of Basmati rice. Basmati rice is grown Bulandshahr district from Western Uttar Pradesh. From exclusively in the northern part of Indian subcontinent, each block five villages and from each village 18 which includes states of Punjab (on both sides of the respondents were selected on the basis of maximum area Indo-Pakistan border), Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, under basmati rice. Thus, the total sample size was of 180 , , parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal basmati rice growers were selected randomly from each Pradesh. Haryana accounts around 50% of the area under identified village for the present study. The responses of basmati rice in India, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 25% the farmers were collected through a comprehensive and Punjab with 18%. The area of Basmati rice in Uttar schedule developed by the researcher in consultation with Pradesh has been increased from 5.91 lakh hectares to the experts. Later the responses were tabulated, analyzed 6.36 lakh hectares. The total area of basmati rice in India and find out the percentage. is 21.34 lakh hectares and production was of 87.73 lakh tonnes with productivity of 4020 kg/ha. (BEDF, Kharif RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 2014). The data presented in table-1 revealed that the majority of In India, basmati rice is highly favoured and fetches 48.33% farmers belongs to middle age group i.e. between higher prices in domestic as well as in world market due to 31 to 50 years of age followed by 33.89% old age group its special taste, aroma and flavour. It is exported to many and 17.78% farmers belongs to the young age group. countries, especially to the Gulf and European countries. 38.89 percent respondents were belongs to other Recognizing its important role in national economy, 24 backward caste followed by 33.89 percent respondents districts of the country have been declared as Basmati were belongs to general caste, 14.44 percent schedule Export Zone (BEZ) from Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and caste and remaining 12.78 percent respondents were Punjab. In Uttar Pradesh, four districts namely, belonging to Minority group (Muslim/Punjabi etc.). The Saharanpur, , and majority of 25.56 percent respondents were having have been included in the BEZ. Uttaranchal, being the education up to graduate and above level followed by birth place of basmati, has the huge potential due to its 21.66, 17.22, 15.56, and 13.33 percent up to high school, favorable climatic conditions and popularity among the middle, intermediate, Primary school passed, respectively farming community (1). Keeping these facts in view the and the remaining 6.67 percent farmers were illiterate. present study was undertaken with the following specific Majority of 50.56 percent farmer’s belongs to joint family objective. To study the socio economic profile of basmati and the remaining 49.44 percent respondents were rice growers in Western Uttar Pradesh. belonging to the nuclear family. The majority of 48.33 Gupta et al., 229

Table-1 : Socio-economic profile of basmati rice growers. Characteristics Category No. of respondents Percent of respondents Age Young age group (up to 30 years) 32 17.78 Middle age group (31 to 50 years) 87 48.33 Old age group (Above 50 years) 61 33.89 Caste General 61 33.89 Other backward class 70 38.89 Schedule caste/Schedule tribes 26 14.44 Minority (Muslim/Punjabi etc.) 23 12.78 Educational status Illiterate 12 6.67 Read and write only/Primary school 24 13.33 Middle 31 17.22 High school 39 21.66 Intermediate 28 15.56 Graduate and above 46 25.56 Type of family Joint family 91 50.56 Nuclear family 89 49.44 Size of family Small (1 to 4 members) 27 15.00 Medium (5 to 8 members) 87 48.33 Large (more than 8 members) 66 36.67 Institutional Not any Institutional membership 43 23.89 membership Formal Institutional membership (Punchayat, Co-operative, Political Parties) 106 58.89 Informal Institutional membership (Religious etc.) 31 17.22 Size of land holding Marginal farmer (up to 2.5 acre) 15 8.33 Small farmer (2.5 to 5 acre) 52 28.89 Medium farmer (5 to 10 acre) 82 45.56 Large farmer (More than 10 acre) 31 17.22 Housing pattern Kachcha house 14 7.78 Mix house 59 32.78 Pucca house 107 59.44 0Live-stock position Nil 12 6.67 Small (1-3 milch animals or 10 small animals) 53 29.44 Medium (4-6 milch animals or 20 small animals) 84 46.67 Large (more than 6 milch animals or 20 small animals) 31 17.22 Ownership of farm High 28 15.56 assets Medium 61 33.88 Low 91 50.56 Electricity connection Not at home and at farm 14 7.78 At home 56 31.10 At farm 64 35.56 At home and at farm both 46 25.56 Communication Progressive farmers/ Neighbours 21 11.67 sources News Paper/ Magazines 33 18.33 Radio/ Television 43 23.89 Extension Workers/K.V.K. experts/SAUs 25 13.89 Cooperative Societies 19 10.56 Farmers school/ Kisan Call Centre 24 13.33 Agriculture department 15 8.33 Transportation Tanga/Jugar gari/Jhota buggi 83 46.11 facilities Cycle 22 12.22 Motor cycle/Scooter 76 42.22 Tractor trolley 62 34.44 Car/Jeep 24 13.33 230 Socio-economic profile of basmatic rice growers of Western Uttar Pradesh

Table-2 : Tube dilution set up for extracts. Tube No. Nutrient Broth added (ml) Extract added (ml) Inoculum added (ml) Final conc. (mg/ml) 1. None 0.5 working extracts 0.5 1000 2. 0.5 0.5 working extracts 0.5 500 3. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 2 0.5 250 4. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 3 0.5 125 5. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 4 0.5 62.5 6. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 5 0.5 31.25 7. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 6 0.5 15.62 8. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 7 0.5 7.81 9. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 8 0.5 3.90 10. 0.5 0.5 from tube No. 9* 0.5 1.95 11. 0.5 None 0.5 Zero * Discard 0.5 ml from tube No. 10. percent farmers were belonging to medium family size percent respondents were having 4-6 milch animals or 20 followed by 36.67 per cent farmers were belonging to small animals, followed by 29.44 percent respondents large family size and the remaining 15.00 percent were were having 1-3 milch animals or 10 small animals, 17.22 belonging to the small size. Maximum 58.89 percent percent respondents had more than 6 milch animals or 20 respondents were having membership formal institutional small animals and the remaining 6.67 percent followed by 23.89 percent respondents belongs to not any respondents were not having any animals. The majority of institutional member and remaining 17.22 percent 50.56 percent respondents were having low level of farm respondents were belonging to formal institutional assets, whereas 33.88 percent medium level and the membership. The majority of 45.56% farmers were remaining 15.56 percent had high level of assets. The belonging to medium land holding size, followed by 28.89 majority of 35.56 percent respondents were having percent, 17.22 percent and 8.33% farmers were electricity at their farm followed by 31.10 percent belonging to the small farmers, large farmers and respondents were having electricity at their home. marginal farmers respectively. Whereas, 25.56 percent respondents had at home as well The majority of 59.44 percent basmati rice growers as at farm and the remaining 7.78 percent respondents were having pucca house followed by 32.78 percent were having not at home as well as at farm. The majority basmati rice growers having mixed house and the of 23.89 percent respondents were receiving information remaining 7.78 percent basmati rice growers had kachcha from Radio/Television, followed by 18.33 percent house. (2) also reported that majority of 64.29% respondents News Paper/Magazines, 13.89 percent from respondents of paddy growers belonging to the middle Extension Workers/Krishi Vigyan Kendra experts/SAUs, age group i.e. 36 to 50 years .were in the middle age 13.33 percent receiving information from Farmers school/ group. (3) reported that majority of the respondents Kisan Call Centre, 11.67 percent from Progressive belongs to small category, middle age group, medium farmers/Neighbours, 10.56 percent from Cooperative land holding, most of the respondents belongs to Societies and the remaining 8.33 percent respondents backward caste. (4) reported that 72.50 percent were receiving information from agriculture departments. respondents were belongs to the middle age group, 62.50 The majority of 46.11 percent respondents were percent illiterate, marginal land holders 62.50 percent had having Tanga/Jugar gari/Jhota buggi for transportation, large size of family 62.50 percent with medium level of followed by Motor cycle/ Scooter (42.22%), tractor trolley income. (5) revealed that less than 50.00 per cent of the (34.44%), car/jeep (13.33%) and the remaining 12.22 hybrid paddy seed growers were found to be in young and percent respondents had cycle for transportation. The middle aged, had medium education, marginal farmers, majority of 48.33 percent respondents were having had agriculture as their main occupation, low annual irrigation source of canal, 32.78 percent tube well and the income, low material possession, low extension remaining 12.89 percent were having river for source of participation, low level of mass media participation, irrigation. The majority of 67.22 percent respondents were medium level of cosmopoliteness, low innovative belonging to medium level of income category i.e. proneness, high scientific orientation, high economic Rs.1,40,001 to Rs. 4,50,000 followed by 18.89 percent orientation, and high level of risk orientation. respondents were belonging to high level of income The data presented in table-1 reveals that the 46.67 category i.e. Rs.4,50,0001 and above and the remaining Gupta et al., 231

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Received : February-2016 Revised : February-2016 Accepted : March-2016