National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The sustainability of farmer associations is proven index of agricultural development. They are the key link of food chain system. The FAO is encouraging to form the commodity associations for sustainability of agriculture across the world. In line of this, The Krishi Vigyan Kendras of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka have promoted the Commodity Associations. They have been transferring the technologies and supporting the association members for income generating activities. The research study was conducted in Southern Agro-climatic Dry Zone of Karnataka with an objective of finding the indicators of sustainability of commodity associations. The sample size of the study was 120. The research design was experimental type with control group. The indicators of sustainability were identified by following the procedure of expert rating system. The study found nine indicators; regular sources of funding, banking transactions, production technology support and extension programs, leadership qualities, market linked commodity production, regular meetings and implementations, linkage and cooperation with local and external institutions, less political interference and education share & care. The utility of the study being, these indicators are the measuring tool to find out the extent of sustainability. By administering these, one can find out the extent of sustainability of commodity association.
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