A Study on Entrepreneurial Qualities and Adoption Behaviour of Banana Growers
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Date
2011
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
The study was conducted in Gulbarga district of North Karnataka during the
year 2010-11. Gulbarga district was purposively selected because it has higher area
under banana cultivation. From each of the four selected taluks of Gulbarga district,
five villages and six farmers from each village were selected for the study. By
following proportionate random sampling procedure 120 farmers were selected and
data was collected by personal interview method.
The study revealed that Majority (60.83%) of banana growing farmers
belonged to middle age group. About 40.83 per cent of farmers were educated up to
high school. More than half (56.67%) of farmers had more than 21 years of farming
experience. About 45.00 per cent of banana growers belonged to medium category of
scientific orientation. More number (62.50%) of banana growers belonged to high risk
orientation category. About 40.00 per cent of banana growers had regular contact with
Horticulture Department.
In entrepreneurial qualities, 45.00 per cent of banana growers belonged to
medium category of innovativeness and 47.50 per cent belonged to high category of
decision making ability. Higher proportion (72.50%) of the respondents belonged to
medium category of economic motivation and 55.00 per cent belonged to medium
category of leadership ability. Considerable percentage (45.83%) of banana growers
belonged to medium category of adoption.
As high as 97.50 per cent of banana growers were aware of varieties and 79.17
per cent had knowledge regarding number of suckers per acre. Majority (93.33%) of
banana growers were aware of spacing, while 94.17 and 92.50 per cent had
knowledge regarding diseases and irrigation respectively. Cent per cent of the farmers
adopted desuckering practice, whereas 94.17, 91.67 and 82.50 per cent of banana
growers adopted varieties, spacing and sucker type practices, respectively.
Labour problem (94.17%), electricity problem (90.83%) and storage facility
problem were the major constraints expressed by the banana growers. An equal
proportion (52.50%) of the banana growers expressed training needs regarding
disease control and marketing as most needed.
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Agricultural Extension Education