RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFILE OF THE FARMERS AND THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAMILY FARMING

Agriculture plays a vital role in the Indian economy with over 58.00 per cent of the population dependent on agriculture as their main source of income. We can’t feed our population without the active involvement of farmers in family farming occupation. Our country is now facing a dual challenge of shrinking agricultural land and increasing population to feed. Inflation increases the cost of cultivation and ultimately reduces net income of the farmers so they remain in distress. In such a situation it becomes necessary to know the attitude of the farmers towards family farming and the relationship between their attitude and profile. The study shows that slightly more than two-fifths (41.67 per cent) of the farmers had a neutral attitude towards family farming. Out of fifteen independent variables nine variables had positive and highly significant, two variables had negative and significant two variables had positive and significant, two variables had a positive and non-significant correlation with the attitude of the farmers towards family farming.