Personal and Socio-economic Characteristics of Farmers in Peri-Urban Area of Raigad District, India

Urban and peri-urban agriculture can also be defined as practices that yield food and other outputs through agricultural production and related processes, (transformation, distribution, marketing, recycling) taking place on land and other spaces within cities and surrounding region.

The present study was conducted in Raigad district of Konkan region of Maharashtra to know profile of farmers in peri-urban area of Raigad District. The study employed an ex-post facto research design. The study was conducted by taking total sample of 100 respondents. The data was collected with the help of pre-tested interview schedule through personal interview. Study concluded that majority (62.00%) of the peri-urban farmers belonged to 40 to 58 years age group. Around (36.00%) of the respondents belonged to Secondary education status category. Majority (78.00%) of the respondent belonged to a medium family size (60.00%) of the respondents had medium level of farming experience. Majority (33.00%) of the respondents belonged to the marginal size of land holding. A majority (36.00%) of the respondents from peri-urban area were engaged in agriculture. Maximum number (70.00%) respondents had annual income. Majority (60.00%) of the respondents had fair irrigation status. Majority (41.00%) of the respondents were found “one training” category. Two-thirds (82.00%) of the respondents had medium-level “information seeking behaviour”.