International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Meghna Kashyap and Dr. Sayanika Borah

abstract
Doubling Farmers Income is a scheme adopted by the government of India for increasing total outputs across agricultural Subsectors through higher productivity. On 13^th April 2016, Ashok Dalwai Committee set up the Doubling farmer’s income. The committee has submitted the final report in 14 volumes to government in September 2018 containing all strategies for DFI through Policies, reforms and programmes. To attain this goal, the Committee identified the following seven sources of income growth which include crop productivity, livestock productivity, Resource use efficiency, Increase cropping intensity, Diversification in agriculture, Remunerative prices on farmers produce and also shifting to non-farm occupation. The data is collected through structured interview schedule which consist of both Dependent and independent variables. The interview schedule contains of 75 statements related to knowledge of the farmers on doubling farmer’s income. More than half of the respondents (66.67%) of the respondents had medium level of knowledge regarding the Constraints faced by the farmers in doubling farmers’ income. Slightly more than half (53.33%) of the respondents had medium level of knowledge regarding the SBCC mass media exposure.The data showed that (60.42%) of the respondents has medium level of knowledge regarding the production and productivity enhancement strategies for doubling farmers income.The findings indicated that half (50.83%) of the respondents had medium level of knowledge regarding the Farming cost reduction and maximizing strategies for doubling farmers’ income. From all the knowledge table the data shows that majority (52.90%) of the respondents has Medium level of knowledge regarding Doubling Farmers Income. This paper gives a overviewed about the level of knowledge of farmers on doubling farmers income.