Horticulture has emerged as an inseparable part of agriculture and it plays a pioneering role in the agricultural development of Jammu and Kashmir. Shopian District is having a tremendous scope of horticulture mainly equipped with best agro climatic conditions suitable for temperate horticulture. Shopian become viable for production of some famous dry and fresh fruits in India and abroad. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to assess the impact of horticulture development on the socio economic conditions of respondents. Present study is mostly based on primary sources of data collected through the intensive field work. Diversification of agriculture towards the high value cash crops is becoming evident in the form of horticultural growth. Study revealed that growth in horticulture has largely and positively impacted the socio economic standards of the local populace. It was found that households having more than half of their family members engaged with horticulture have positive but correlation at 1 per cent significance level at r = .966 with those who have above two lakh incomes from all the sources, in a similar way result also indicated that more the area under horticulture paves way for the positive change in the literacy levels and ownership of houses. So, keeping in view, the fruit industry has a vast potential and bears the potential to boost the socio economic conditions. Dr. Mohammad Taufique | Dr. Vajahat Khursheed "Impact Assessment of Horticulture Development on Socio-Economic Conditions in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46307.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/geography/46307/impact-assessment-of-horticulture-development-on-socioeconomic-conditions-in-shopian-jammu-and-kashmir/dr-mohammad-taufique
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Impact Assessment of Horticulture Development on
Socio-Economic Conditions in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir
Dr. Mohammad Taufique
1
, Dr. Vajahat Khursheed
2
1Assistant Professor, 2Senior Researcher,
1,2Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
ABSTRACT
Horticulture has emerged as an inseparable part of agriculture and it
plays a pioneering role in the agricultural development of Jammu and
Kashmir. Shopian District is having a tremendous scope of
horticulture; mainly equipped with best agro-climatic conditions
suitable for temperate horticulture. Shopian become viable for
production of some famous dry and fresh fruits in India and abroad.
In the present paper, an attempt has been made to assess the impact
of horticulture development on the socio-economic conditions of
respondents. Present study is mostly based on primary sources of data
collected through the intensive field work. Diversification of
agriculture towards the high-value cash crops is becoming evident in
the form of horticultural growth. Study revealed that growth in
horticulture has largely and positively impacted the socio-economic
standards of the local populace. It was found that households having
more than half of their family members engaged with horticulture
have positive but correlation at 1 per cent significance level at r =
.966 with those who have above two lakh incomes from all the
sources, in a similar way result also indicated that more the area
under horticulture paves way for the positive change in the literacy
levels and ownership of houses. So, keeping in view, the fruit
industry has a vast potential and bears the potential to boost the
socio-economic conditions.
KEYWORDS: Shopian, H