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An explorative study on communication behaviour of banana growers in Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu.

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Title An explorative study on communication behaviour of banana growers in Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu.
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Creator Ravichamy, P., Siva balan K. C., Subramanian, A. R. and Nandakumar, S.
 
Subject marginal farmers, banana growers
 
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In India, the vast majority (85 percent) who indulge in farming constitutes small and marginal category
only. The small and marginal farmers accessing less information and from fewer sources than did
medium and large-scale farmers. Due to lack of right information in right time, the farmers were worst
affected by poor yield and poor returns from the farming. To take vital farm decisions, timely farm
information is imperative and thereby the communication channels play the pivotal role in farm
information dissemination. A study was conducted to explore the communication behaviour among the
banana growers in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu. Among the respondents, one-third of farmers (32.5 per
cent) were consulting and receiving agro information from their relatives and friends where as banana
grower association serving 29.5% of the farmers and 27.6% of the respondents getting information from
media.
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Date 2018-07-09T10:43:14Z
2018-07-09T10:43:14Z
2017-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Ravichamy, Periyasamy & balan KC, Siva & AR, Subramanian & Nandakumar, Subramaniam. (2017). An explorative study on communication behaviour of banana growers in Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu. JPP 2017.
2278-4136
2349-8234
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6150
 
Language English
 
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