Year: 2020 | Month: June | Volume 6 | Issue 1
Study on Socio-Economic Profile of Millet Consumers in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan and Chitradurga Districts of Karnataka, India
Bhagirath Das
Satyapriya
Poulami Ray
DOI:10.30954/2454-4132.1.2020.2
Abstract:
Millets are highly nutritious food and are widely cultivated in India since long. But from last few decades land under cultivation of millets is decreasing due to decrease in demand. Owning to its nutritional and health benefits the demands of millets are now increasing among urban consumers. To understand the socio-economic profile of millet consumers a study was undertaken in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan and Chitradurga district of Karnataka. It was found that most of the urban families were nuclear families, in contrast, most of the rural families were joint families. Most of the millet rural consumers in Jodhpur were medium and semi-medium farmers, whereas in Chitradurga most of the farmers were small and marginal farmers. In terms of educational qualification,most of the rural consumers in both the districts (32.5 per cent) had completed primary level of education and most of the consumers in urban areas (45 per cent) had completed secondary level of education.
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