Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Rohit B Hajare, Ajay S Kulkarni, Adinath T Markad, Santosh N Kunjir, Balaji R Kharatmol and Vijay B Sutar

Abstract:
The socio-economic survey of farm pond owners from Latur District was conducted to collect the socio-economic information from them. Five samples from each Tahsil were collected by using random sampling from the farm pond owners for a period of Nine months from October 2021 to June 2022. The data were collected using structured questionnaires from 50 farmers by taking personal interviews. The study indicated majority of farm pond owners were of 41-50 years age group (36%). Majority of farm pond owners were found graduates (46%). Out of 30 fish farmers from 50 farm pond owners, 50% farmers (15 nos.) have annual income in the range of Rs. 50000-100000 followed by 33.33% farmers (10 nos.). In the present study, lack of technical knowledge (31.74%) is found to be the highest constraint followed by feed management issues (19.04%).