Sociological and Economical Impact of Grapes Growers in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

The research examined the economic and social consequences of grape growers on one block in the Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu, involving three villages that were purposefully chosen and 120 respondents who were chosen at random. It was discovered that the participant primary source of income for subsistence was grape cultivation. A planned schedule was used to gather data in order to quantify the socioeconomic status of grape growers. According to the data, the majority (53.33%) of respondents belonged to the middle age category followed by 34.16 per cent of the respondents had the education was up to higher secondary and 30.83 per cent had middle school level. Majority (52.50 per cent) of the respondents had medium level of annual income, followed by majority of the respondents had agriculture as their main occupation for their livelihood. Majority of the farmers, or 90.83 percent, had nuclear families with fewer than five members and only 09.16 percent of those surveyed had a large family. Maximum number of respondents (82.50 per cent) had pointed out the independent decision followed by remaining 17.50 per cent of the respondents had pointed the joint decision. Majority (55.83 per cent) of the respondents belonged to small farmer category Majority of the respondents had medium level of mass media exposure and extension agency contact. Here it concluded that the overall socioeconomic condition was found be to medium range among the grape growers. The Government of Tamil Nadu's Department of Horticulture must work hard to inform grape growers about better grape varieties and cultivation practices to improve the socio-economic status.