A study on cabbage growers in Western Uttar Pradesh

The present study was carried out in two district of Western Uttar Pradesh i.e. Meerut and Hapur to know the socio-economic profile of cabbage growers and correlation coefficients of socio-economic status with the knowledge and adoption. This study was done based on 200 respondents of different categories and data were collected through personal interview method. The study revealed that the majority of cabbage growers (59.00 %) were belonged to middle age group, (54.50 %) belonged to Other Backward Caste, (22.50 and 22.50 %) respectively were having education up to 10th passed and intermediate level, (90.00 %) were married, (73.50 %) belonging to joint family system, (64.00 %) were having 5 to 8 members in family, (93.00 %) were having Pucca house, (28.00 %) respondents were having membership of only one social organizations, (39.50 %) were having 1 to 2 ha of land, (47.00 %) were using own electric tube well/diesel engine for irrigation, (99.00 %) were having toilets, (94.50 %) were having Gas stove/Gas cylinder for food making, (85.50%) were having Motorcycle as transportation facility, (47.00 %) were having tractor-trolly and major source of information was found Neighbors'/ Relative. The most of the respondents earning income between ₹ 1,00,001-2,00,000/- per annum and the majority of the respondents (42.50 %) were having medium level of socio-economic status in their society. The variable “Education” was found highly significant correlated with knowledge level and moderate significant correlated with adoption level.