• Prof. Gokul Tryambak Sonawane
• Prof. Balasaheb Ramaji Shendage

Agro tourism is complimentary to traditional agricultural activities. It is an opportunity for farmers to use the available resources in a diversified and innovative way. It creates a win –win situation to farmers as well as tourists. Farmers earn better from innovative use of available resources and the tourist can enjoy village life and nature in affordable prices. Not only that, the village is also getting benefited due to the development of agro tourism. Agro tourism not only brings development of farmers but to the village as a whole from social and economic angle. In spite of growing agro tourism, the fact remains that the government support through appropriate and conducive policies for agro tourism development is lacking and government should give priority to agro tourism business in Maharashtra through appropriate policy measures. The researchers had gathered data from 6 agro tourism centers and 60 tourists visiting agro tourism centers in Ahmednagar district for study the objectives set by them, which is been represented in the study. The study has shown positive and actual situations of the agro tourism centers in the study area chosen. There is lot of scope found for many other farmers who would like to get into the business of agro tourism to uplift their life socially and economically

Tourism, Agro tourism, Agro tourism centers, Socio-economic development, Farmers, Employment.

"STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS THROUGH AGRO TOURISM IN AHMEDNAGAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.10-20, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCF06004.pdf

"STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS THROUGH AGRO TOURISM IN AHMEDNAGAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp10-20, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCF06004.pdf