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Impact of Socio Personal Attributes of Vermicompost Production in Terms of Income and Employment Generation in Hoshangabad District (Madhya Pradesh)

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science
© 2018 by SSRG - IJAES Journal
Volume 5 Issue 4
Year of Publication : 2018
Authors : Ms. Mamta Baraskar, Dr. Sandhya Choudhary, Dr.Abhay Wankhede, Dr.S.K.Jain, Dr. Deepak Kumar Verma
10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I4P106
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Ms. Mamta Baraskar, Dr. Sandhya Choudhary, Dr.Abhay Wankhede, Dr.S.K.Jain, Dr. Deepak Kumar Verma, "Impact of Socio Personal Attributes of Vermicompost Production in Terms of Income and Employment Generation in Hoshangabad District (Madhya Pradesh)," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 5,  no. 4, pp. 34-36, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I4P106

Abstract:

The vermicompost is the major component of organic farming as it may fulfill all the requirements with respect to production and protection of crop plants. The vermicompost may also be used as a tool for income generation, organic farming, protection of environment, maintaining the soil health and sustaining the agricultural production. Therefore present study design to find out the effect of socio-personal attributes on vermicompost preparation and selling. It was revealed that education, size of land holding, area under use of vermicompost, annual income, numbers of vermicompost unit, cost of production, mass media exposure, exposure of training had positively significant, whereas age ,family type ,social participation had non-significant relationship with impact of vermicompost technology in term of employment generation.

Keywords:

Socio personal attributes, Vermicompost Production, Employment Generation

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