Role of Technology Attributes, Elements of Diffusion and Adopter Categories on Farmers‘ Decision of Adopting Agricultural Innovations

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dc.contributor.advisorDr Manmeet Kaur
dc.contributor.authorDeepika
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-31T13:57:00Z
dc.date.available2024-05-31T13:57:00Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe present study was undertaken with the objectives to study the stages of adoption process, influence of elements of diffusion, attributes of innovations, adopter categories and farmers‘ preferences on their decision of adopting mechanical, biological, chemical, agronomic and informational innovations in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. This study comprised of farmers who were growing wheat and rice crops and were aware of at least one innovation in each category of innovations. A total of 600 farmers were selected from the twelve villages of the six selected districts from three states. Data were collected by personal interview method. Findings of the study revealed that amongst all categories of innovations, majority of the farmers across all three regions reached at interest, evaluation and trial stages of adoption process in biological innovations with highest in Punjab followed by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The study revealed that adoption rate was found higher for biological innovations among all categories with highest adoption were done by farmers of Punjab followed by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.The data regarding farmers‘ preferences towards various aspects revealed that performance in mechanical innovations, disease & pest resistance in biological innovations, ease of availability in chemical innovations, soil health management in agronomic innovations and accessibility to information in informational innovations were mostly preferred by the farmers in across all three regions.Impersonal cosmopolite channels were frequently used channels during the awareness stage & interest stage across all three states in adopting innovations while personal localite and personal cosmopolite channels were both highly approached in the interest and evaluation stages by the farmers in all three states. The data regarding social system revealed that farmers‘ across all three regions had strong linkages with peer groups for adopting different categories of innovations.Observability attribute was found to have significant influence on farmers‘ decision of adopting mechanical as well as agronomic innovations across all three regions Mechanical innovations had the lengthiest adoption time across all regions with the total average time being highest in Uttar Pradesh while fastest adoption was seen in chemical innovations by farmers in all three regions. Early majority and late majority was the major adopter categories in Punjab and Haryana for different categories of innovations while in Uttar Pradesh majority of the adopters belonged to laggard category. Personal cosmopolite channels significantly influenced farmers‘ decision of adopting mechanical and biological innovations.The study suggested that the policy makers should give due consideration to the categories of innovation while planning the allocation of funds for extension activities and the extension functionaries should give due consideration to the categories of innovations and further the stages of adoption process while planning the extension approaches.
dc.identifier.citationDeepika (2024). Role of Technology Attributes, Elements of Diffusion and Adopter Categories on Farmers‘ Decision of Adopting Agricultural Innovations (Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810209550
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.pages121
dc.publisherPunjab Agricultural University
dc.research.problemRole of Technology Attributes, Elements of Diffusion and Adopter Categories on Farmers‘ Decision of Adopting Agricultural Innovations
dc.subAgricultural Extension Education
dc.themeRole of Technology Attributes, Elements of Diffusion and Adopter Categories on Farmers‘ Decision of Adopting Agricultural Innovations
dc.these.typePh.D
dc.titleRole of Technology Attributes, Elements of Diffusion and Adopter Categories on Farmers‘ Decision of Adopting Agricultural Innovations
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