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KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF TURMERIC FARMERS IN KADAPA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF TURMERIC FARMERS IN KADAPA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator AKULA GOPI RAMU
 
Contributor PRASAD, S.V
 
Subject KNOWLEDGE, ADOPTION, TURMERIC, FARMERS, KADAPA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Description India from time immemorial is the ‘Home of spices’ producing almost all the
spices of the world. The oldest literary record about the use of turmeric in India is found
in Atharvanaveda composed in 1400 B.C. India leads in turmeric production in the
world and occupies an area of 124.6 thousand hectares and production of 488.6
thousand tonnes (Directorate of Economics and Statistics 2004).
Andhra Pradesh stands first in the country with an area of 58.5 thousand
hectares and production of 233.91 thousand tonnes (Dept. of Horticulture 2003-04).
Kadapa district has the highest turmeric growing area and production in the
Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh with 2,476 hectares of cultivated area and 9,904
tonnes of production. Since a long time, Kadapa district was popular for the production
of quality turmeric and has a great potential for increasing the production and
productivity of turmeric. Keeping in view, the importance of turmeric, the present
investigation was undertaken with the main objective of identifying the level of
knowledge and adoption of recommended package of practices by turmeric farmers of
Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study by following random
sampling technique and sample comprised of 150 farmers from six villages of the
Kadapa district.
Thirteen explanatory (independent) variables were considered and subjected to
different statistical tests for the purpose of categorization of the respondents and for
studying their relation with dependent variables i.e. knowledge and adoption. The data
gathered with the help of structured interview schedule were coded, tabulated and
analyzed statistically.
Majority of the farmers had medium level of knowledge and adoption of
recommended package of practices.
Analysis of profile characteristics revealed that majority of the clientele were
middle aged, educated up to middle school, most of them were medium farmers and
were having medium; farming experience, social participation, risk orientation,
scientific orientation, mass media exposure, economic orientation, innovativeness,
extension contact, achievement motivation and management orientation.
In correlation analysis, the independent variables education, farm size, social
participation, risk orientation, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, economic
orientation, innovativeness, extension contact, achievement motivation and
management orientation had positive and significant relationship with knowledge of the
farmers about recommended package of practices of turmeric, whereas age and farming
experience had non significant relationship.
Extent of adoption of recommended package of practices by the respondents
was positively and significantly correlated with education, farm size, social
participation, risk orientation, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, economic
orientation, innovativeness, extension contact, achievement motivation and
management orientation. However, age and farming experience had non significant
relationship with the predicted variable.
Regression analysis revealed that all the thirteen selected antecedent variables
put together explained about 53.64 per cent variation in knowledge level of the turmeric
farmers. Education, economic orientation and achievement motivation significantly
contributed to most of the variation in the dependent variable.
Contribution of all the thirteen variables on extent of adoption of the
respondents was 54.61 per cent. The independent variables education, social
participation, economic orientation and achievement motivation contributed positively
and significantly a greater share in the variation of the adoption variable.
The prime constraints faced by the farmers were high cost of fertilizers and
manures, lack of knowledge about recommended doses of manures and fertilizers, lack
of technical guidance, frequent fluctuation in market prices and non availability of
credit facilities.
Suggestions expressed by the respondents to over come the constraints were
supply of manures and fertilizers at subsidized rates, remunerative price for the produce,
timely technical guidance, conducting training programmes and ensuring frequent
contact of extension worker with farmers.
 
Date 2016-08-19T11:48:38Z
2016-08-19T11:48:38Z
2005
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/72970
 
Language en
 
Relation D7748;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD