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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 589-592
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.589.592
Identification of Felt Needs of Farmers through Participatory Approach with Special References to Faisalabad District
Umair Ahmad, Abdul Ghafoor and M. Ather Mahmood

Abstract: The study was conducted to identify the felt needs of the farmers in the project area. Thirty respondents from each wheat and sugarcane growers were selected and the data were collected by personal interview method. According to the results water shortage was the most important problem both for wheat and sugarcane growers where as the results were mentioned both in tabular and diagrammatic form.

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Umair Ahmad, Abdul Ghafoor and M. Ather Mahmood, 2002. Identification of Felt Needs of Farmers through Participatory Approach with Special References to Faisalabad District. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 589-592.

Keywords: Felt needs, participatory and intensity

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