AN IMPACT ANALYSIS OF PEASANTRY MODERNIZATION IN AGRICULTURE

Every country which has modernized its agriculture and has achieved higher production has done so, only through the introduction of science and technology into the farming system. During the last 65 years, a number of changes have taken place in Gujarat and India through implementation of various develop¬ment programmes. In spite of this, we are yet to modernize the rural peasants and their economy up to the desired level. In Gujarat, there are certain districts, where progress in peasantry modernization is very low in general and tribal districts in particular. Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) was implemented in 1976 throughout the state in tribal pockets for welfare of the tribal peasants even though majority of the peasants in this area not yet able to reach expected level of socio-techno-economic change and agricultural modernization. To assess this situation present study on "An impact analysis of peasantry modernization in agriculture under Integrated Tribal Development Project of Sabarkantha district".