CHAPTER-III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The present study has been conducted in bech block of agra district. In bah

block selectech area is bah-Jaithpur area. Total area of watershed project is

opprox 60sv hec .and total no. of selected village . selected farmer in these

village is type of marginal , small, medium and large type farmer the villages

and farmers are selected . the villages and farmer are selected on the basic of

watershed project size and approach.

Selection of block

The bah block of Agra district is selected under the watershed project of RIDF

(NABARD) in bah tehseel especially bah- jaithpurkalan area is selected

following the watershed project.

Selection of villages:-

The name or list of villages under watershed project of RIDF (NABARD) is

obtained by NABARD office, Agra district ,bhawna state these village are

selected where watersed project work completed. Seleted village in.

Collection of data:-

The primary data were collected through pre prepered schedule and

questionnaire within 7-8 meeting with respondents by croup contact method.

The secondary data has been gathered from NABARD office and block under

study. Thus the whole data have been collected by survey method. The

agriculture year 2017-18 is the reference year of study by watershed-project

works are completed in 2-3 year.

(2) Objective of study

1. to find information about watershed project RIDF, opened by NABARD

2. To inspection of the fundamental facilities

3. to examine the distribution of fund under RIDF (NABARD)

4. ton examine arability and utilization of watershed project

Watershed project work is- pahadpura, reechapurafatch,radi, pratappurab

,kortha , navli, 7 villages are selected .

Selected of Respondentd:-

At this stage a list ab villages and farmers was propored with the help of

afficials of NABARD office, Agra

In selected farmers of bah- jaithpurkalan area this type.

S.n Types of farmer No. of farmer Land in hec

1. Marginal farmers 30 35
 (up to 1 ha)

2. Small farmers 60 100

(up to 1-2 ha)

3. Medium farmers 25 750

(2-4 hac)

4. Large type farmer 10 800

Total 125 290 hac

5. to study of social economic feature of the farmer under watershed project

RIDF (NABARD).

Collection of data – by schedule--

Schedule

Supervisor investigation

Toppic- a study of NABARD with pecial reference of RIDF (watershed project

bah- jaithpurkalan, Agra Disrict)

1. general information

1.block name -----

 2. villages -- 1--- 2--- 3---- 4----

5 --- 6 --- 7----

3. tehsil ----

4. District ----

5. yearab work

2. Detail about the holding

(I) Area owned ----- 2017 ---- 2018

(a) bhumidhari (ha) -------

(b) sirdari (ha) ------

(ii) area leased out ( ha) ----

(iii) terms of leased – in (ha) ---—

(iv) area leased – in ( ha) ----

(v) terms of leasing- in (ha) -----

(vi) areamortaged in ( ha) ----

(vii) area in share cultivation ------

(viii) terms for share cultivation (ha) ----

(ix) land revenge and land development tax -------

(x) net area irrigated (ha) -----

(3) net area irrigated (ha) ---

S.N Source Owned/others Area irragated

20017 20018 2017 2018

1 Cane1

well

tubewell

(a) electric

(ii)diesel

(4) About the watershed project

S.N Year of work Location Area covered

1 2016-17 Irrigation Selected

(hann) Villages

2 2017-18 Dam, pond

4 2018 Tube well

5- benefited farms group by project

S.N Farmer type group No. of farmer Land in he

(coverd by

project)

1 Marginal

2 Small

3 Medium

4 large

6. benefit of farms group by project seasource

S.N Farm type Land in (ha) Season wise

group Kharif Ravi in Zaid (ha)

in(ha) (ha)

1 Marginal

2 Small

3 Medium

4 Large

7.cropping scheme for calculate the cropping intensity

Plot no. Kharif Ravi zaid

Name Area in Name of Area in( Name of Area in ( ha)

of crop (ha) crop ha) crop

A 1 1 1

B 2 2 2

(ii)

S.N Farm size No of Total Totl Cropping

group farmers cultivate cropped intensity

area(ha)

(8) per farm source of irrigation an different farm size group

S.N Farm Nom of Average Average Per farm Per farm area

size farms operational irrigated area irrigated by

crop area ( ha) area ( ha) irrigated canel ( ha)

by tube

well (

ha)

1 marginal

2 Small

3 Medium

4 Large

5 Overall