A study on adoption of maize production technology by the farmers of Chhindwara district of (M.P.)

Study was conducted in Chhindwara district of (M.P.) in 2012. Hence the present study was taken up to find out the various factors related to knowledge and adoption behaviour of maize growers. In Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara, Dhar, Jhabua, Betul, Rajgarh and Mandsaur are the major maize producing districts. Chhindwara district is the leading district in terms of both area as well as production. The total area under maize in this district is about 89.7 thousand hectares with production of 268.7 thousand tonnes. The climatic conditions of the district are extremely suitable for maize crop. There is a wide scope for increasing area and production in the district. Ten villages were selected randomly. List of maize growers of selected villages were prepared. Total 120 respondents were selected with the random sampling method.