Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(10): 712-715 712 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.910.085 Socio Economic Profile of the Farmers Trained by Sardar Smruti Kendra (SSK) in Navsari District of Gujarat Snehal Patel 1* and A. P. Kanungo 2 1 Department of Extension Education, NMCA, NAU, Navsari, India 2 Department of Extension Education, COA, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Agriculture is the backbone of India. More than 60-65 per cent of people depend directly or indirectly upon agriculture and allied sectors. The role of agriculture in the economic development of the India cannot be under estimated, as the largest segment of population is wedded to agriculture and it accounts for nearly half of the national income. In agriculture production the contribution of farmer is of most importance. To enrich their skill, knowledge and competency many developmental programmes/ projects have been launched for development of farmers through introduction of up to date scientific agricultural innovation to boost agricultural production. To keep pace with population growth, there is an important to study the socio economic profile of the farmers trained by SSK towards the farming and allied activities to increase the overall production of agriculture. The main objectives includes to study the socio economic profile of the farmers trained by SSK during last 5 years Materials and Methods The study was conducted in Navsari district of Gujarat purposively. Total 120 no of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com India is second largest populated country in the world and also keep pace with population growth, there is a continuing need to development of the farmers. Extension system in agriculture plays very important role to disseminate information and transfer of new technology. The paper aims to study socio economic profile of the farmers trained by Sardar Smruti Kendra (SSK) in Navsari district of South Gujarat. For that one hundred twenty respondents had selected for the study. The study conclude that majority of the respondents belonged to young age group and had high school level of education. Majority of the respondents had pucca house with land holding up to 1 ha. And high level of farming experience. Majority of the respondents had low family annual income. Majority of the respondents had medium extension participation, scientific orientation and innovativeness with medium risk orientation towards Sardar Smruti Kendra. Keywords Trained farmers, SSK Accepted: 07 September 2020 Available Online: 10 October 2020 Article Info