A STUDY ON ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF WHEAT GROWERS IN IMPROVED PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN WADRAFNAGAR BLOCK OF BALRAMPUR DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH

The present study was conducted in the Balrampur district of Chhattisgarh. 120 respondent were selected from 10 village of Wadrafnagar block. The data was elicited through personal interview method. From the study it was found that majority 58.33% of the respondents fell in the medium adoption level group, whereas 30.00 per cent respondents were observed in the high adoption level group and remaining 11.66 per cent respondents were low adoption level group. Independent variables, namely education, annual income, land holding, extension contact and social participation had positive and significant relationship with adoption while age, family size and family type shows non significant relationship with adoption of improved cultivation practices of wheat growers