STUDY ON SOCIO - ECONOMIC STATUS AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF FARMERS PRACTICING ORGANIC FARMING IN EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA
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STUDY ON SOCIO - ECONOMIC STATUS AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF FARMERS PRACTICING ORGANIC FARMING IN EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA
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ANANTHNAG, K
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Contributor |
GOKULRAJ, M. P
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biological phenomena, alternative agriculture, participation, economics, land resources, tillage equipment, crops, economic systems, mass media, markets
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The study was conducted in the Eastern Dry Zone (EDZ) of Karnataka state during the year 2010-11 to know the socio-economic status and achievement motivation of farmers practicing organic farming. The results indicated that majority (82.50 %) of the respondents were belonged to middle age group and 43.33 percent of the respondents were in the range of medium annual income. More than two-fifth (42.50 %) of the respondents had medium social participation, half of the respondents had medium Extension participation, 45.83 % of respondents had medium Mass media participation. Little more than three fourth (77.50%) of respondents had medium Economic motivation. More than one-third (39.17 %) of farmers had high cosmopolitenes. Regarding adoption of organic farming practices 42.50 % of the farmers were found under high adoption category. Majority (70.35 %) of the farmers consulted progressive farmers, followed by Agricultural Assistants (67.17 %) as the sources of information. More than two-fifth of the farmers (41.67 %) had medium level of socio-economic status. Further more than half of the respondents (51.67 %) had medium landholding. More than one-third (38.33 %) of respondents had high school education, 65.00 % of the respondents had pakka house and all the respondents were practicing agriculture as main and single occupation. Majority (66.67 %) of the respondents were belonged to OBC category. Fifteen per cent of the respondents were having draught animals as farm power and 58.33 % owned the MB plough, followed by 39.17 per cent of the farmers possessed wooden plough. A large majority (98.33 %) of the respondents were possessed bicycle, followed by Television (95.00 %). Ninety five percent of the respondents had small family of less than five members. Thirty five per cent of the respondents had medium level of achievement motivation and almost equal percentage (34.17 %) of respondents had high level of achievement motivation. The major constraints expressed by the farmers relating to organic farming were (i) Recommended Bio-control practices are of high cost and not effective in controlling pests. (ii) Scarcity of FYM and other organic manures. And (iii) Lack of market information and market access. |
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2016-12-15T14:45:02Z
2016-12-15T14:45:02Z 2011-08-25 |
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Thesis
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Th-10091
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/90334 |
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en
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application/pdf
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
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