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Factors Influencing Crop Diversification in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu

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Title Factors Influencing Crop Diversification in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu
 
Creator Ghouse L, Mohammed
Hassan, S. Nazreen
 
Subject Crop diversification
Intensive farming
Sustainable Agriculture
Tamil Nadu
 
Description This paper analyzes the factors influencing crop diversification in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Crop diversification is nothing but a shift in cropping pattern, shift from traditionally grown less benefit crops to more benefit crops to increase the income as well as agricultural sustainability. To cope up with the risk arise due to mono cropping, crop diversification can be used as a better strategy. It reduces the risk to farmer from total crop failure by providing alternative means of income through other crops grown. It also helps in conservation of natural resources, increases food and nutritional security and helps in poverty alleviation by providing employment opportunities to the farmers. We studied about the factors influencing crop diversification in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu using the primary data. Non - Experimental Research design was used for this study purpose. A sample size of 120 respondents was fixed for the study using proportionate random sampling technique. Out of twenty two variables selected for the study, variables viz., Family size, Distance to the market, Economic motivation, Risk orientation, Innovativeness and Scientific orientation had positive and significant association with crop diversification at one per cent level of significance
 
Publisher National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
 
Date 2020-06-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/159527
 
Source Journal of Agricultural Extension Management; Vol. 21 No. 1 (2020); 115
0976-3120
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/159527/57055
 
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