Vol. 1 (3) : May-June 2010 issue
Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 311-313 (May-June, 2010) (New Series)
Determinants of knowledge and adoption of agricultural practices by ‘Andh’ tribal
S.D. MOREYa1*, P.O. INGLEb2 and U.G. THAKAREc3
aLower Agricultural Education, bDeptt of Extension Education,
cTMC, MM 5.2, Department of Extension Education, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola- 444 104 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Sr. Research Assistant, 2Head (Retd.), 3Research Associate
Subject : Agriculture Extension Education
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S.D. MOREY, P.O. INGLE and U.G. THAKARE. 2010. Determinants of knowledge and adoption of agricultural practices by ‘Andh’ tribal. Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 311-313 ; May-June, 2010 (New Series)
ABSTRACT
The study is mainly based on the descriptive research design namely Exploratory Research Design. The study was conducted in Malegaon, Barshitakli and Patur Tahsil of Washim and Akola districts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra State. To know the relationship of personal, socio-economic, situational profile of 'Andh' tribal and knowledge and adoption relational analysis has been made. The data revealed that the land holding contributed significantly to the knowledge of the respondents and the same has produced maximum positive direct effect, significant total effect and substantial indirect effect through other variables namely annual income, extension contact, SES, social participation, occupation, age, family size and education of the Andh tribal respondents. Hence, land holding is viewed as much genuine. It indicates that these variables influence the extent of knowledge level possessed by Andh tribal. Also the land holding contributed significantly to the adoption of the Andh community respondents and the same has produced, showed maximum positive direct effect, significant total effect and substantial indirect effect through other variables namely family size, annual income, extension contact, SES, social participation, occupation, education and age of the Andh tribal respondent in descending order. Hence the Andh community farmers of the study area should view land holding and SES as much genuine in adoption.
Key words :
Adoption, Correlates, Knowledge, Path coefficient, Tribal.