A Study on Farmers Situation of BCT-KVK Operational Area, Visakhapatnam District-Need of Empowerment in Agriculture through Trainings

It is evident that through the study majority of the respondents (96%) have not planned for Agriculture and 4 per cent of the respondents have planned for Agriculture. Majority of the respondents (48%) are having 0-1 acre of land, (38%) of the respondents are having 1-2 acres of land and (14%) of the respondents are having 2-3 acres of land. This situation states that farmers are not interested in doing the agriculture due to industrialization like Special Economic Zones (SEZ) establishment nearby villages and Acquisition of land by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Purchasing of land by Realtors from the farmers especially in Visakhapatnam district. Farmer is getting cheaper price and Middle men are getting advantage. There is a great need of farmers to be counselled for not to sell the land and need to be trained for getting sustainable livelihood through Agriculture and Horticulture. In this aspect BCT-KVK, Visakhapatnam district played a major role.