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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Extension Education × Author: CHINCHMALATPURE, UMESH R. × Start date: 1982 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT AFFECTED FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS REHABILITATED PLACE AND THEIR ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    (AAU, Anand, 2001) CHINCHMALATPURE, UMESH R.; MAYANI, V. V.
    The overall objective of this investigation was to study the attitude towards rehabilitated place, adoption of cotton and pigeon pea practices, socio-techno economic changes and satisfaction of PAFs in Baroda district of Gujarat state. The specific objectives of the study were as under: 1. To study the socio-personal, economic, communication and psychological characteristics of Project Affected Farmers 2. To develop a attitude scale and measure the attitude of Project Affected Farmers towards rehabilitated place 3. To find out extent of adoption of modem agricultural technology for major crops by Project Affected Farmers 4. To study the socio-techno economic changes occurred after rehabilitation and adoption of modem agricultural technology at rehabilitated place 5. To develop a satisfaction scale and measure the extent of satisfaction of Project Affected Farmers at rehabilitated place 6. To determine the relationship between selected independent and dependent variables 7. To predict the extent of contribution of independent variables on the dependent variables 8. To assess the training needs of Project Affected Farmers in relation to modem agricultural technology 9. To study the constraints faced by Project Affected Farmers at rehabilitated place in respect of adoption of modem agricultural technology and in general at rehabilitated place 10. To ascertain the suggestions to overcome the constraints of Project Affected Farmers For the present study, five talukas (i.e. Dabhoi, Naswadi, Sankheda, Savali and Waghodia) in Baroda district were purposively selected. A proportionate random sampling technique was used to select 250 P.APs from 121 vasahats. Ex-post-factor research design was applied for the study. The five dependent variables viz., attitude towards rehabilitated place, adoption of cotton and pigeon pea practices, socio-techno economic changes and satisfaction were selected for the present study. Eighteen independent variables selected for the study were: age, education, type of family, size of family and social participation as socio-personal variables, type of house, occupation, animal possession, material possession, land holding, socio-economic status and annual income as economic variables, extension contact and sources of information as communication variables and innovativeness, risk orientation, scientific orientation and attitude towards modem agriculture as psychological variables, respectively The attitude and satisfaction scales were developed by investigator for the present study were utilized for measuring the attitude of PAFs towards rehabilitated place and satisfaction at rehabilitated place, respectively. The other dependent and independent variables were measured by utilizing suitable scale and procedures adopted by other investigators. The data were collected with the help of structured schedule by personal interview method. The data so collected were carefully examined, classified, quantified, tabulated and analyzed in order to make the findings meaningful. For analysis of data, the statistical techniques such as percentage, mean, standard deviation, 't' test, correlation coefficients and step down multiple regression analysis v/ere used. MAJOR FINDINGS 1. Majority (70.80 per cent) of PAFs had neutral attitude i.e. neither they were unfavourable nor favourable attitude towards rehabilitated place. 2. Majority (68.00 per cent) of the PAFs had medium to high level of adoption of cotton practices. While in case of adoption of pigeon pea practices majority (70.00 per cent) of the PAFs had low to medium level of adoption. 3. Nearly half (46.80 per cent) of the PAFs had medium level of socio-techno economic changes. ,' 4. Majority (68.00 per cent) of PAFs had moderate to high degree of satisfaction at rehabilitated place. 5. The literate PAFs had significantly higher in socio-personal, economic, communication and psychological characteristics as well as attitude towards rehabilitated place, adoption of cotton and pigeon pea practices, socio-techno economic changes and satisfaction than the illiterate PAFs. 6. The resettlement and rehabilitation policy package at new place had contributed for a significant impact or changes in PAFs' type of house, social participation, occupation, material possession, land holding, socioeconomic status, annual income, extension contact and utilization of information sources. 7. Results of relational analysis revealed that education, material possession, socio-economic status, annual income, extension contact, sources of information, innovativeness, risk orientation, scientific orientation and attitude towards modem agriculture had positive and significant correlation with attitude towards rehabilitated place and satisfaction at rehabilitated place, whereas age was significantly but negatively correlated with attitude towards rehabilitated place. 8. All the selected independent variables, except social participation, occupation and animal possession were significantly associated with extent ; of adoption of cotton practices. Among them education, type of family, size of family, type of house, material possession, land holding, socio-economic status, annual income, extension contact, sources of information, innovativeness, risk orientation, scientific orientation and attitude towards modem agriculture had positive and significant correlation with adoption of cotton practices. Whereas age was significantly but negatively associated with adoption of cotton practices. 9. The selected independent variables viz., education, type of house, animal possession, material possession, land holding, socio-economic status, annual income, extension contact, sources of information, innovativeness, risk orientation, scientific orientation and attitude towards modem agriculture had positive and significant correlation with adoption of pigeon pea practices. Whereas age had significant but negative relationship with adoption of pigeon pea practices. 10. As regard to socio-techno economic changes all the selected independent variables for the present study except occupation were significantly associated with socio-techno economic changes. Among them education, type of family, size of family, social participation, type of house, animal possession, material possession, land holding, socio-economic status, annual income, extension contact, sources of information, innovativeness, risk orientation, scientific orientation and attitude towards modern agriculture had positive and significant association with socio-techno economic changes. Whereas age was significantly but negatively associated with socio-techno economic changes. 11. The selected independent variables like, material possession, annual income, sources of information, innovativeness, risk orientation and attitude towards modem agriculture together contributed to 54.64 per cent of total variation in the attitude towards rehabilitated place. Innovativeness alone contributed significantly to 48.80 per cent of total extent of variation in the attitude towards rehabilitated place of PAFs. 12. The selected independent variables viz., land holding, socio-economic status, annual income, and innovativeness, together contributed to 53.27 per cent of total variation in the adoption of cotton practices. Annual income alone contributed significantly to 39.16 per cent of total extent of variation in the adoption of cotton practices. 13. The selected independent variables viz., type of house, animal possession, annual income and risk orientation, together contributed to 26.68 per cent of total variation in the adoption of pigeon pea practices. Annual income of PAFs alone contributed significantly to 16.15 per cent of total extent of variation in the adoption of pigeon pea practices. 14. The selected independent variables viz., social participation, type of house, material possession, socio-economic status, annual income and innovativeness, together contributed to 60.12 per cent of total variation in the socio-techno economic changes. Material possession alone contributed significantly to 41.43 per cent of total extent of variation in the socio-techno economic changes. 15. The selected independent variables like, annual income, sources of ,' information innovativeness and attitude towards modem agriculture together contributed to 61.23 per cent of total variation in the satisfaction of PAFs at rehabilitated place, Innovativeness alone contributed significantly to 56.49 per cent of total extent of variation in the satisfaction of PAFs at rehabilitated place. 16. Results of training needs revealed that plant protection, manure and fertilizers, seed and seed treatments, irrigation, sowing, hybrid varieties, storage, harvesting and land preparation were the major areas of training in which PAFs expressed training needs. 17. Lack of irrigation facility, inadequate crop protection, lack of knowledge about new agricultural technology, high cost of fertilizers and lack of technical guidance were the major agricultural constraints expressed by the PAFs. Whereas, unavailability of fodder for animals, lack of proper veterinary services for treatment of animals and lack of vaccination against diseases were the major constraints in general at rehabilitated place expressed by the PAFs. 18. Irrigation facilities should be created, availability of cheap and timely fodder for livestock, better veterinary services, training programme for new agricultural technology, more subsidy should be provide to purchase of FYM/fertilizers/insecticides, job oriented and adult education should be encouraged, technical guidance should be provided, insurance facility for cattle and crop should be made and soil testing should be carried out were the major suggestion offered by the PAFs to overcome the constraints in adoption of modem agricultural technology and in general at rehabilitated place.