• Dr.R Maniyosai
• Antony Kuruvilla

The activity of agriculture depends on the attitude of farmers. The Farmers who involve in this activity faces many problems. Financial problems are major constraints for farming activity. The low return of the sector, attractive incentives in other sectors, income from various sources and the degraded status of agricultural activities in the society takes away the interest of the farmers in the farming activity. The land use Pattern of Alappuzha district shows that the area of Cultivable waste land is increasing in the district. This is mainly because the farmers had lost their interest in this activity.

Low returns, degraded status, Income

"LOW RETURNS, INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES AND DEGRADED STATUS OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES PULLS BACK THE FARMERS OF ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT IN KERALA FROM FARMS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.464-466, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901660.pdf

"LOW RETURNS, INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES AND DEGRADED STATUS OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES PULLS BACK THE FARMERS OF ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT IN KERALA FROM FARMS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp464-466, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901660.pdf