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Socio-Economic Impact of Zero Tillage Method on Farmers of Rural Haryana


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1 Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
     

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Zero tillage is also called No-tillage or direct sowing. It is a way of growing crops without disturbing the soil through tillage. Zero-tillage cultivation is a farming practice that reduces cost of land preparation and irrigation. The current study was undertaken in rice growing rural area of Kaithal district to analyse the socio-economic impact and constraints of this technology. Finally, 100 respondents were selected from field of the study through systematic random sampling technique. Analysis clearly revealed that socio-economic benefits lead to many social effects like increased social mobility, expenditure on social events, improvement in socio-economic status, water saving, energy and fuel saving, increased profit and income etc.

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Adoption And Non-Adoption, Constraints And Socio-Economic Impact Etc.
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Subhash Chander
Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Jatesh Kathpalia
Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Sushila Dahiya
Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


Zero tillage is also called No-tillage or direct sowing. It is a way of growing crops without disturbing the soil through tillage. Zero-tillage cultivation is a farming practice that reduces cost of land preparation and irrigation. The current study was undertaken in rice growing rural area of Kaithal district to analyse the socio-economic impact and constraints of this technology. Finally, 100 respondents were selected from field of the study through systematic random sampling technique. Analysis clearly revealed that socio-economic benefits lead to many social effects like increased social mobility, expenditure on social events, improvement in socio-economic status, water saving, energy and fuel saving, increased profit and income etc.

Keywords


Adoption And Non-Adoption, Constraints And Socio-Economic Impact Etc.