Knowledge, attitude and adoption of farmers towards commercialization of agriculture

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dc.contributor.advisorManju, Dahiya
dc.contributor.authorShivani Chaudhary
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-29T06:46:38Z
dc.date.available2022-09-29T06:46:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractThe present study was conducted on the basis of three agro- ecological zones of Haryana i.e., district Bhiwani from arid zone, district Kaithal from semi- arid zone and district Yamunanagar from sub humid zone. It covered village Jamalpur from block Bawani khera of district Bhiwani, village Chandana from block Kaithal of district Kaithal and village Dhaurang from block Jagadhari of district Yamunanagar. The data were collected from 30 respondents (10 small farmers, 10 semi- medium farmers and 10 medium farmers) from each village. Thus, the sample constituted 90 farmers to collect the information for the study. , a set of twenty- nine independent variables and three dependent variables were selected for the present investigation along with the constraints perceived by the respondents. Socio- economic personal profile of respondents revealed that majority of respondents were between 31- 50 years of age group, educated up to middle school, had nuclear type of family having up to 5 members in family and belonged to general caste having no social membership. They primarily were dependent on farming had no other profession with the monthly income between Rs 200001 –500000 annually. Majority of respondents possessed mobiles and televisions and they get information by visiting market personally. Majority of the respondents were prone to high risk and had high achievement motivation and aspirations in farming. It was found that majority of the respondents utilized improved seeds and fertilizers. Most of the respondents procured loans/ subsidies for agricultural equipments and majority of them stored their produce at home. Linkages of farmers with Krishi Vigyan Kendra was found to be highest among them. It was found that majority of the respondents had high knowledge and positive attitude towards commercialization of agriculture but had a number of constraints in the adoption of commercialization. Irrespective of residing area, a positive and significant correlation between independent and dependent variables was found.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810188246
dc.keywordsCommercialization of Agriculture, Knowledge, Attitude, Adoption and Constraintsen_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.pages74 + v + IXen_US
dc.publisherCCSHAU, Hisaren_US
dc.subExtension Educationen_US
dc.themeKnowledge, attitude and adoption of farmers towards commercialization of agricultureen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and adoption of farmers towards commercialization of agricultureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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