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

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.