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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 6, Issue:6, June, 2017

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2017.6(6): 2215-2219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.606.262


Relationship between Socio-Economic Characteristics with Adoption Behaviour of Trained and General Farmers in Some Adopted Villages of KVK System
P. Gajanand1*, A.K. Bandopadhyay2, L. Raja1 and R. Vishwatej1
1Department of Dairy Extension Education, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI),
Karnal, Haryana, India
2Department of Extension Education, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV),Nadia-52, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) is the district level farm science institutes for speedy transfer of technology to the farmer’s fields. The study was conducted in Adilabad district of Telangana during the year 2015-16 to know the relationship between socio-economic characteristics with adoption behaviour of trained and general farmers in some adopted village of KVK system of Adilabad, Telangana. The district and block was selected purposively. Simple random sampling technique was followed for the selection of respondents. Forty trained and forty general farmers were selected randomly from the areas of four Gram panchayats and Adilabad municipal corporation areas. The age, occupation of the farmers is negatively correlated with adoption of farm innovations in case of trained farmers. In case of income positive and significant correlation found between income and adoption level in both trained and general farmers.


Keywords: Adoption, Farm innovations, General farmers, KVK system, Trained farmers.

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Gajanand, P., A.K. Bandopadhyay, L. Raja and Vishwatej, R. 2017. Relationship between Socio-Economic Characteristics with Adoption Behaviour of Trained and General Farmers in Some Adopted Villages of KVK SystemInt.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 6(6): 2215-2219. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.606.262
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