Extent of Adoption of Recommended Groundnut Production Technology among the Farmers of Sehore District of M.P. India
Journal: International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research (IJSER) (Vol.5, No. 7)Publication Date: 2017-07-05
Authors : Versha Patel; Sandhya Choudhary; Abhay Wankhede; V. K. Swarnakar;
Page : 158-160
Keywords : Recommended groundnut practices- groundnut production technology; Knowledge- understandable information; Adoption- It was operationalized as the degree of the use of recommended practices;
Abstract
Oilseeds are the second most important and the largest agri-commodity of India after cereals. Oilseed crops play a very important role in the agricultural economy of India which has the distinction of having large area under oilseed crops. The diverse agro-ecological conditions in the country are favourable for growing nine annual oilseeds which include seven edible oilseeds viz. groundnut, rapeseed mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower and niger and two non-edible oilseeds, castor and linseed. The present study was conducted in Ashta block of Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh during 2016-17. 10 villages were selected randomly and 160 farmers were selected by using proportionate allocation method. Present study indicated that a considerable percentage (61.88%) of respondents had medium level of adoption about recommended groundnut production technology, whereas 19.37 and 18.75 per cent of them had low and high level of adoption respectively.
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