Impact of urbanization on standard of living of farmers in Gozarah district of Herat province of Afghanistan

This research is conducted to study the impact of urbanization on standard of living of farmers in Gozara district of Herat province of Afghanistan in 2019. Based on the research requirements four villages from within the radius of five kilometers of districts’ centers as villages having high urban influenced and four villages outside the radius of five kilometers of districts’ centers as villages having low urban influenced have been selected. From each village 10 farmers totally 80 farmers have been randomly selected. Ex post facto research design applied for this research. Pre prepared questionnaires have been distributed to the respondents and collected data have been analyzed statistically and the findings showed that there were significant differences between the respondents of high and low urban influenced villages with respect to the standard of living dimensions such as annual income and investments. 40 per cent of respondents in high urban influenced villages had high level of standard of living. 30 per cent and 20 per cent of the respondents of high and low urban influenced villages have been completely shifted from agriculture activities to business activities. In high urban influenced villages, variables such as security problem, and marketing orientation had significant relationship with the standard of living of respondents at one per cent level. Whereas in low urban influenced villages, variables such as education, social participation, economic motivation, security problem, marketing orientation and self-confidence were found to be significant at one per cent level.