PRIVATIZATION OF EXTENSION SERVICE : ATTITUDE AND PREFERENCE OF FARMBRS AND EXTENSION PERSONNEL
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2001-08-09
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE
Abstract
The study was conducted to know the attitude and preference of
farmers and extension personnel towards privatization of extension
service in 16 villages of Haveri District. Data was elicited from 240 farmer
respondents and 60 extension personnel operating in the study area. The
major findings were;
Less than fifty per cent of farmers (42.08%) and extension
personnel (35.00%) had favourable attitude towards privatization of
extension service.
Majority of the farmer respondents (61.67%) preferred technical
service by private agencies in the area of seed production followed by
cultivation of fruits (53.33%), vegetables (52.92%) and flowers (52.92%).
Eighty three per cent (82.92%) of the farmer respondents were
willing to pay towards technical service rendered in the area of seed
production followed by irrigation technology (55.67%), cultivation of
flowers (56.67%), fruits (55.00%) and vegetables (52.08%).
Majority of the extension personnel respondents (70.00%) preferred
technical service by private agencies in the area of flower cultivation
followed by vegetable cultivation (66.67%), seed production (63.33%) and
fruits cultivation (61.67%).
Seventy per cent of the extension personnel were of the opinion to
collect fee for the technical service rendered in the area of seed production
followed by irrigation technology (60.00%), post harvest technology
(55.00%), daily and poultry (55.00%), cultivation of fruits (53.33%),
vegetables (51,67%) and land development (51.67%).
The variables such as annual income (19.94%), cropping intensity
(18.24%), attitude (14.17%) and development opportunity (13.24%) had
greater contribution towards discriminating the seed producing farmers
from that of farmers of non-seed producing category
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