Adoption Behavior of Coriander (Corianderum sativum L.) Cultivators in Jhalawar District of Rajasthan
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2012
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MPUAT, Udaipur
Abstract
India is a land of spices. It has a unique position in the global spice scenario as
the largest producer, consumer and exporter of seed spices. Coriander is an important
condiment and highly valued spice grown in India. Rajasthan state alone contributes
around 44 per cent of the production of the country. Coriander crop in Rajasthan is
grown mainly in the Kota region. There is a wide scope to improve and increase the
coriander production and productivity by enhancing the knowledge and adoption of
coriander production technology. Keeping the above facts in view the present study
entitled “Adoption Behavior of Coriander (Corianderum sativum L.) Cultivators
in Jhalawar District of Rajasthan” was undertaken with the following specific
objectives:
(i) To find out the level of knowledge of farmers about coriander production
technology.
(ii) To assess the adoption of recommended coriander practices by the farmers in
the study area.
(iii) To study the information processing behavior of coriander producers in the
study area.
(iv) To find out the association between selected personal attributes viz., age,
education, family size, size of land holding, mass media exposure and
innovation proneness with that of adoption level of farmers regarding
coriander production technology.
(v) To determine the constraints being perceived by the farmers in the adoption of
coriander production technology.
The present study was conducted in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan. There are
total six panchayat samities in Jhalawar district, out of which two panchayat samities namely, Khanpur and Jhalrapatan were selected on the basis of maximum area under
coriander cultivation. Four villages from each identified panchayat samiti were
selected on the basis of maximum area under coriander cultivation. For selection of
respondents, 120 coriander growers (40 marginal, 40 small, and 40 large farmers)
were randomly selected from identified villages for data collection. The data were
collected with the help of interview schedule developed for the study purpose through
face to face contact method. Appropriate statistical tests like mean, mean per cent
score, rank and standard deviation, X2 – test and ‘F’ test were applied in the analysis of
data. The overall study reports the following main findings:
The study revealed that one-fourth of the total respondents possessed medium
level of knowledge while, 7.50 and 67.50 per cent coriander growers had low and
high level of knowledge about coriander production technology. It was further
observed that the extent of knowledge in marginal farmers was ranged 60.00 to 88.89
per cent, whereas in case of small farmers and large farmers, it was 62.50 to 93.06 and
70.00 to 97.50 per cent in all the practices of coriander production respectively. There
existed a difference among marginal, small and large farmers with respect to
knowledge about coriander production technology.
The findings indicated that 26.67 per cent of the total respondents possessed
medium level of adoption while, 21.94 and 51.39 per cent coriander growers had low
and high level of adoption of coriander production technology. It was also observed
that the extent of adoption in marginal farmers ranged from 31.67 to 88.33 per cent,
whereas in case of small farmers and large farmers it was 34.17 to 91.67 and 36.67 to
95.00 per cent in all the practices of coriander production respectively. There was
difference among marginal, small and large farmers with regard to adoption of
coriander production technology.
It was observed that 30.00 per cent of the total respondents possessed medium
level of information processing behavior while, 23.33 and 46.67 per cent coriander
growers had low and high level of information processing behavior. It was further
observed that from among selected information processing methods, information
evaluation methods were used to more extent by the coriander growers with MPS
82.78. There existed no difference among marginal, small and large farmers with
respect to information processing behavior in the study area. It was observed that personal characteristics of the coriander growers viz., age,
education, family size, mass media exposure and innovation proneness were not
associated with the adoption level of the respondents about coriander production
technology. These attributes and adoption of coriander production technology were
reported to be independent.
The findings indicated that lack of e-mail and internet facilities, (technical
constraints), high cost of diesel, (economical constraints), absence of minimum
support prices, (marketing constraints), adverse climatic conditions, (miscellaneous
constraints), were perceived as most important constraints by the coriander growers. It
was also found that there existed difference in intensity of constraints perceived by
the marginal, small and large farmers in adoption of coriander production technology.
Keeping in view the overall findings of the study it is recommended that the
government should timely declare the support price of coriander, which will help the
cultivators for getting reasonable price of their produce. It is also recommended that
government and semi-government agencies should purchase the produce at reasonable
rate directly from the cultivators so that farmers could fetch the remunerated prices of
their produce.
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Adoption Behavior of Coriander (Corianderum sativum L.)
Cultivators in Jhalawar District of Rajasthan
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Choudhary and Punjabi, 2012