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Socio - Economic Impact Assessment of Farms Produce Promotion Society (FAPRO) of Punjab

Subhashree Sahu, J.P. Sharma, R.R. Burman, Premlata Singh, N.V. Kumbhare and Eldho Varghese

Abstract

The farmer organizations can serve as a potential alternative to improve the socio-economic condition of the farmers. The present study was conducted in Farms Produce Promotion Society (FAPRO) in Hoshiarpur of Punjab. For Data collection the 50 members and 50 non-members were selected randomly in the study area. The study revealed that membership in the organisation directly affected the socio-economic conditions of the people in the study area. It was found that income and employment of the members of the organisation were significantly higher in comparison to the non-members. A significant difference between the members and non-members was also observed in terms of food security and social empowerment.

Keyword: FAPRO; Income; Employment, Food security; Habitat security; Social empowerment

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