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- Study of Psychological Characteristics of Farmers in Lower Shivalik Hills
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1 Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (PAU), Ropar (Punjab), IN
1 Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (PAU), Ropar (Punjab), IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 13, No 3 (2018), Pagination: 265-269Abstract
The study was undertaken with the objective to study the psychological characteristics i.e. attitude towards forestry and level of aspiration of farmers in lower Shivalik hills. Two hundred and forty respondents from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab and Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh were selected using multistage random sampling design. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule. Findings of the study revealed that there was a non significant difference in the mean scores of attitude two districts. On further finding the overall attitude towards forestry by respondents, majority of the respondents in both districts were found to be lying in medium category. Level of aspiration was found to be medium in both the districts.Keywords
Psychological, Attitude, Level of Aspiration.
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- Study of Situational Aspects of The Farmers in Lower Shivalik Hills
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1 Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (PAU), Ropar (Punjab), IN
1 Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (PAU), Ropar (Punjab), IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 13, No 3 (2018), Pagination: 321-325Abstract
The study was undertaken with the objective to study the situational aspects of the farmers in lower Shivalik hills. Two hundred and forty respondents from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab and Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh were selected using multistage random sampling design. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule. Findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents had temporary workers in family with employment upto 120 days. Majority had upto 2 migrants in family, with inter-state migration and education as the main reason for migration. Utilization of forest resources by majority of respondents was found to be high in both the district.
Keywords
Situational, Employment Status, Migration Status, Utilization of Forest Resources.References
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- Singha, A.K., Talukdar, R.K. and Singha, J.K. (2006). Maintenance behaviour of forest resources by the people of forest villagers in Assam. Indian J. For., 29 : 47-54.
- Thakur, D.S. and Sharma, N. (2009). Nature and extent of unemployment among the weaker sections in rural areas of Haryana: a multidimensional approach. J. Plantation Crops, 36 : 522-525.