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Socio-Economic Status of Farm Women Beneficiaries at KVK Allahabad


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1 Department of Home Science Extension and Comunication Management, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
2 Department of Extension Education, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Muzaffarpur (Bihar), India
     

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The findings of study reveal that most of the respondents in the age group of 15- 20 years. Majority of respondents belonged to other back ward class, married, nuclear family system and low income group. More than one-third (32.66%) of respondents were functionally educated upto primary level. A maximum of 85.33 per cent respondents were from farmers having thatched house. Most of the respondents were from one hectare land and having Harrow. A majority of the respondents had cycle and mobile for their work. Nearly three-fourth (73.33%) of the respondents belonged to low social participation.

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Socio-Economic, Farm Women Beneficiaries, KVK.
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Authors

Abha Rani
Department of Home Science Extension and Comunication Management, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
A. K. Paswan
Department of Extension Education, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Muzaffarpur (Bihar), India
S. Mahapatra
Department of Home Science Extension and Comunication Management, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India

Abstract


The findings of study reveal that most of the respondents in the age group of 15- 20 years. Majority of respondents belonged to other back ward class, married, nuclear family system and low income group. More than one-third (32.66%) of respondents were functionally educated upto primary level. A maximum of 85.33 per cent respondents were from farmers having thatched house. Most of the respondents were from one hectare land and having Harrow. A majority of the respondents had cycle and mobile for their work. Nearly three-fourth (73.33%) of the respondents belonged to low social participation.

Keywords


Socio-Economic, Farm Women Beneficiaries, KVK.

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