ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF FARMERS FIELD SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME WITH ADOPTION OF I P M PRACTICES BY THE RICE GROWERS OF KORBA DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH, INDIA

The study was conducted in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, during the year 2011-12. Total 120 farmers were considered as respondents. The data were collected through personal interview with the help of pretested interview schedule and analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools like mean, standard deviation frequency and percentages etc. The finding of the study revealed that the majority of the FFS trained farmers (50.00%) belonged to young age group (up to 35 years), whereas the majority of the FFS untrained farmers (61.66%) belonged to middle age group (36 to 50 years), majority of the FFS trained farmers (33.33%) were having higher secondary level of education, whereas, the majority of FFS untrained farmers (38.33%) were having primary school level of education, the majority (75%) of the FFS trained farmers had medium family size (6 to 10 members) and The majority of the FFS untrained farmers (68.33%) had medium family size (6 to 10 members), the majority of the FFS trained farmers (63.33%) were having medium experience (4 to 8 years), whereas the majority (51.67%) of the FFS untrained farmers had less experience (up to 3 years). The majority of the FFS trained farmers (51.66%) were having medium size of land holding (5.1 to 10 acre) whereas the majority of the FFS untrained farmers (35%) came under small size of land holding (having 2.51 to 5 acre), the majority (43.33%) of the FFS trained farmers were involved in agriculture whereas, the majority (41.66) of FFS untrained farmers were involved in agriculture and labour, majority of the (55%) of FFS trained farmers were involved in 2 to 3 occupations including agriculture whereas FFS untrained farmers are as same, the majority of the FFS trained farmers (41.66%) were having their income ranging from Rs. 30,001 to Rs.50, 0000 (High category) per annum whereas the majority of (45%) FFS untrained farmers earned Rs. 20,001 to Rs. 30, 0000 (Medium category) per annum.