Income and employment structure on tribes and non- tribes farms in Vidhayan zone of Uttar Pradesh

G. P. SINGH, JITENDRA SINGH and S. K. SINGH ¹

Department of Agricultural Economics,

College of Agriculture,

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,

Pantnagar – 263 145 (U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand)

¹Department of Agricultural Economics,

U. P. College, Varanasi (U. P.)

ABSTRACT

The study was aim to workout the income and employment structure of tribes and non-tribes farms in Vidhayan zone of Uttar Pradesh. The data pertained to the agricultural year 2003-04. The study reveals that the crop income of non-tribes farm was 16 per cent which was more than that tribes farm as (7 per cent only). The total annual income from different sources of non-tribes farmers was Rs. 84798 per farm which was higher than that tribes farmer (Rs. 64076 per farm per annum). The milch animal contributed 42 per cent of total annual income followed by wage income (17 per cent) and crop income (16 per cent) on non-tribes farm. While wages labour was major sources of income on tribes farm and it is shows about 36 per cent of total annual income followed by milch animal (32 per cent) and piggeries (18 per cent). The main source of employment of non-tribes farmers was livestock rearing being 44 per cent (milch animal+goat+pig) followed by wage labour (31 per cent) and crop (17 per cent), while in the case of tribes farm, the major employment source were rearing of pig (39 per cent) followed by wage labour (37 per cent) and milch animal (14 per cent). Interestingly the non-crop income is dominating on both types farm due to poor productivity of crops and it was further limited by a number of biophysical and socio-economic situations prevailed in the study area. Efforts may be initiated to improve the productivity of various crops being cultivated by the farmers on sample farms by introducing the dry farming practices and use of moisture deficit crops such as pulses and oilseeds.