FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED HYBRID CASTOR CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY IN PRANTIJ TALUKA OF SABARKANTHA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE

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dc.contributor.advisorTRIVEDI, J. C.
dc.contributor.authorPATEL, JAGDISHKUMAR M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-05T11:50:24Z
dc.date.available2018-04-05T11:50:24Z
dc.date.issued1989
dc.description.abstractCastor is an important commercial cash crop of India. The castor oil has diversified use and has great value in foreign trade. Gujarat is the pioneer in evolving castor hybrids on commercial scale and occupied first position in production in the country. Castor cultivation is largly concentrated in Banaskantha, Mehsana, Sabarkantha and Ahmedabad district. Sabarkantha district ranks third position in production of castor seed in the state, Prantij taluka of Sabarkantha district is the predominant castor growing area. The average yield of castor in Sabarkantha district is 1477 Kg/ha, which is low as compared to yield gained from research station (2500 Kg/ha). This might be due to either partly or non adoption of recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology by the hybrid castor growers. The presenstudy, entitled -Factors Affecting the Adoption of Recommended Hybrid Castor Cultivation Technology in Prantij Taluka of Sabarkantha District of Gujarat State" was therefore, carried out. Oblectives of the study : (1) To study some personal, social/ economic and psychological characteristics of the hybrid castor growers. (2) To determine the sources of information utilized by the hybrid castor growers. (3) To ascertain the knowledge level of the hybrid castor growers about recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology. (4) To determine the extent of adoption of recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology by hybrid castor growers. (5) To test whether there is any relationship between personal, social, economic and psychological characteristics of the hybrid castor growers and their extent of adoption of recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology. (6) To analyse and study the constraints in adoption of recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology experienced by the hybrid castor growers. Methodolooy : The present study was carried out in Prantij taluka of Sabarkantha district of Gujarat State. Two stage random sampling design was used to select a sample for the study. Thus, 100 respondents were randomly selected from 10 randomly selected villages of the said taluka which has area under hybrid castor cultivation. Keeping in view the objectives of study, the interview schedule was prepared and necessary modifications were made after pre-testing. The data were collected with the help of personal interview schedule. To know the socio-economic status of respondents, a scale developed by Pareek and Trivedi (1965) was used with some modification. The psychological variables, viz., scientific orientation and risk preference were measured with the help of scale developed by Supe (1969). Measurement of knowledge of respondents in respect of hybrid castor cultivation technology was done by using the scale developed by Jha and Singh (1970) . Measurement of adoption level was done by using the scale which was developed by Sengupta (1967) . A simple ranking technique was applied to measure the sources of information utilized and the constraints in adoption of hybrid castor cultivation technology. Chi-square (X2) test was applied to know the relationship between independent and dependent variable. Major findings : (1) Majority of the respondents belonged to the middle age with primary level of education.(2) Majority of the respondents belonged to intermediate caste with joint type and large size of family. (3) Majority of the respondents were members of more than one organisations and were from medium socio-economic status group. (4) Maximum number of hybrid castor growers possessed medivim size of land holding. (5) Majority of the respondents had high annual income and were dependent on farming only. (6) Majority of the hybrid castor growers had medium level of scientific orientation and risk preference. (7) Among different sources of information, village level workers, service co-operative society, neighbours', friends, radio and relatives were most accessible soxirces for hybrid castor growers. (8) Majority of the hybrid castor growers possessed medium level of knowledge. (9) Recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology was adopted by little more than half of the hybrid castor growers to a medium extent. (10) Among personal, social, economic and psychological characteristics, education, level of knowledge, caste, social participation, socio-economic status, size of land holding, annual inc cane, occupation and scientific orientation were found significant indicating that there was significant relationship of said variable with extent of adoption of recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology. (11) The main constraints in adoption of recommended hybrid castor cultivation technology were high cost of fertilizers, high cost of pesticides, do not get remunerative price of castor, irregular supply of electricity and high charges of electricity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810042945
dc.keywordsFACTORS AFFECTING, ADOPTION, RECOMMENDED HYBRID CASTOR CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY, PRANTIJ TALUKA, SABARKANTHA DISTRICT, GUJARAT STATEen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAAU, Ananden_US
dc.research.problemFACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED HYBRID CASTOR CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY IN PRANTIJ TALUKA OF SABARKANTHA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATEen_US
dc.subExtension Educationen_US
dc.subjectExtension Education, Agricultureen_US
dc.subjectA STUDYen_US
dc.themeFACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED HYBRID CASTOR CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGYen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleFACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED HYBRID CASTOR CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY IN PRANTIJ TALUKA OF SABARKANTHA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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