A Study on Farm Women Awareness for Climate Variability and Its Effect on Water Resources in Punjab

Sharma, Preeti; Kaur, Lakhwinder; Mittal, Ritu; Kaur, Samanpreet; Kaur, Sukhjeet

doi:10.9734/bjast/2017/32513

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“…Only13.33 per cent of respondents were having education level up to middle level and 2.67 per cent of respondents were having education up to primary, while only 1.33 per cent of total respondents were illiterate. Similar findings were also reported by Sharma et al [9] during the study conducted in Punjab region while assessing the awareness level of respondents towards the climate change and its effect on water resources.…”

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confidence: 89%

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Socio-economic Profile of Farmers of North Eastern Haryana with Reference to Over-exploitation of Irrigation Resources

Shubham

Rohila

Ghanghas

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Aim: The main aim of this study was to ascertain the socio-economic profile of farmers in North Eastern Haryana, in relation to over-exploitation of irrigation resources. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the purposively selected five districts of Haryana state due to the intensification and extensiveness of agricultural practices in recent times. . Methodology: The data were collected from 150 respondents comprising 15 respondents from randomly selected ten villages through a well-prepared interview. Results: The study revealed that majority of respondents belonged to the middle age group, 34.00 per cent of the respondents had the level of education up to matric only, more than two-thirds of respondents were living in joint families, nearly half of the respondents had medium size family, majority of respondents had farming as major occupation, nearly one third of respondents had the medium size land holding, most of the respondents were following only double cropping pattern, most of the respondents were using only tubewell/borewell/submersible for irrigation, all respondents were using only flood irrigation method, vast majority of respondents had only natural pond as a water conservation structure, more than half of respondents had the medium level of mass media exposure, and majority of respondents had high level of extension contacts and high level of perception.

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confidence: 89%

“…It may be due to traditional value and culture of the respondents as they like to live in joint family with their family members. Sharma et al [9] found the similar results in Punjab region as most of respondents belonged to joint family type.…”

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confidence: 52%

Socio-economic Profile of Farmers of North Eastern Haryana with Reference to Over-exploitation of Irrigation Resources

Shubham

Rohila

Ghanghas

et al. 2022

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“…Groundwater resources play a major role in ensuring livelihood security across the universe. It is highlighted that the huge extraction of groundwater has been very helpful for agricultural growth but at the same time, it has put a question mark before the sustainability of growth in agriculture in the country [18].…”

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confidence: 99%