Contract farming in simple terms, is an arrangement in which a firm purchases the crop produce from farmers under certain terms and conditions regarding price, quantity and quality. To find the socio-personal and economic profile of contract and non- contract farmers this study was conducted. Random sampling technique was used for selecting the sample of contract and non-contract farmers. The total sample size was 100 contract farmers and 100 non-contract farmers. Thus, making a total sample of 200. Interview schedule was used for the collection of data. | A comparative study on socio-personal and economic profile of contract farmers and non-contract farmers in Jammu 2018 7 8 722-729 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 08 2018 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https A Comparative Study on Socio-Personal and Economic Profile of Contract Farmers and Non-Contract Farmers in Jammu Parvani Sharma Rakesh Nanda and Yudhishther Singh Bagal Division of Agriculture Extension Education SKUAST-Jammu J amp K India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Contract farming in simple terms is an arrangement in which a firm purchases the crop produce from farmers under certain terms and conditions regarding price quantity and quality. To find the socio-personal and economic profile of contract and non- contract farmers this study was conducted. Random sampling technique was used for selecting the sample of contract and non-contract farmers. The total sample size was 100 contract Keywords farmers and 100 non-contract farmers. Thus making a total sample of 200. Interview Contract farming schedule was used for the collection of data. The significance difference was observed Livelihood Socio- between the contract farmers and non-contract farmers with respect to unirrigated land t personal and economic p family type t p occupation Z p . profile Land holding Agriculture was the main source of livelihood for the contract farmers as compare to non- Article Info contract farmers. Majority of the contract farmers were illiterate in comparison to non- contract farmers. But the contract farmers have more experience of agriculture than that of Accepted the non-contract farmers. There was significant association between the contract farmers 06 July 2018 and non-contract farmers in terms of the farm inventory possessed by them like cattle shed Available Online storage .
