Factors Influencing the Adoption of Organic Farming by the Farmers of North District of Sikkim

A study was conducted on 90 farmers randomly selected from two villages under the Mangan development block of North district, Sikkim. To find out the important factors responsible for adoption of organic farming, 20 independent variables and one dependent variable were selected for the study. Data were collected by personal interview methods in the months of October and November 2014 by the researcher. For analysis of the data, coefficient of correlation and factor analysis was followed. It was found that education, annual income, organic farming experience, use of mass media, Institutional approach towards promotion of organic farming and innovation proneness were positively correlated and significant with adoption of organic farming whereas farm size was negatively and significantly correlated and eight important factors were identified such as motivator, family capacity, livelihood, farm economy, socio-economic, education, land holding and resource use efficiency which are also associated with adoption of organic farming in Sikkim.