Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Maske KV, Ruikar BA, Desai AV, Dangore AP and Mayekar SK

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken with the main objective to study the socio-economic profile of the ITK farmers. The study was conducted in Ratnagiri district of Konkan region of Maharashtra. In all 120 respondents were selected by using simple random sampling technique. The “Exploratory” research design was used for conducting the study. The data were collected through the personal interview. The data collected were processed and statistically analyzed by using -statistical technique like frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Total 44 ITks were collected from the respondents. Out of 44 ITks, 19 ITK practices were collected to safeguard crops from wild pig damage, 15 ITK practices were collected to safeguard crops from monkeys, 5 ITK practices for rat/ bandicoot rat, 2 ITK practices for wild cattle, 2 ITK practices for rabbit and 1 ITK practice for porcupine.