ADOPTION BEHAVIOR OF GOND FARMERS ABOUT IMPROVED FARMING PRACTICES OF SUGARCANE IN LUNDRA BLOCK OF SURGUJA DISTRICT IN CHHATTISGARH

The present study was conducted in the Surguja district of Chhattisgarh. From the present study it was undertaken to find out the adoption level of gond farmers towards sugarcane farming practices was conducted in lundra block of sarguja district. The 120 respondents were selected from 10 villages of sarguja district by proportionate random sampling method. The data were collected by personal interview method with the help of pre-structured interview schedule. The study revealed that majority of the respondents had medium level of socio-economic status found that majority of respondents i.e. 57.50 per cent of the total respondents were in the medium level of adoption group, whereas 14.17 per cent respondents were in low adoption group and remaining 28.33 per cent sugarcane growers were observed in the category of high level of adoption about sugarcane production technology. There was positively and non- significant relationship between age, education, family type, family size and significant relationship with annual income and land holding.