The Relationship between Socio-Economic Factors and Paddy Production

Abstract

The study is carried out in Batticaloa District based on primary data which were gathered via structured questionnaire for 2015/2016 Maha season to engage cross-sectional analysis. The study utilised descriptive and correlation analysis to reveals empirically the socio-economic factors and the relationship between paddy yield and paddy growers’ socio-economic factors in Batticaloa District. This study analysis via investigating the following factors namely paddy growers’ gender, marital status, household size, age, education, nature of paddy farm, family income, training and experience. The findings reveal that male and ageing paddy growers engage on paddy farm compare to female and youngest. Further, if most of the them have primary education and secondary education, and experience, those are not corresponding with paddy farm since those factors do not show correlation with paddy yield. Though few of paddy growers have obtained both higher education and training. Further their family’s average income also relatively lower. In addition, correlation analysis found that gender and training of paddy growers have relationship between with paddy yield. Vice-  Versa other socio-economic factors are not corresponding with paddy yield since those factors have not seem correlation between them.