ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO ECONOMIC AND ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF FARMERS PRACTICING AGROFORESTRY IN JABALPUR DISTRICT OF CENTRAL INDIA

摘要

The present paper assesses the socio economic behavior of farmers adopting agroforestry practices outside forest area of Jabalpur district. An exploratory survey was conducted in the seven blocks of Jabalpur district with respect to land category of farmers and to know the distribution and adoption of agroforestry at farmer's field. The farmers were selected purposively from all the blocks. Result indicate that maximum number of farmers (44 percent) have medium socio economic status followed by 37.1percent high socio economic status and 18.9 percent have low socio economic status. Majority of the farmers (48.6 percent) had low adoption score of agroforestry practices followed by medium (33.1 percent) and then high (18.3 percent) adoption score in Jabalpur district.