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Bhatia, Jitender Kumar
- Photovoltaic Water Pumping System-Farmers' Knowledge and Attitude of Hisar District in Haryana State
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1 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
1 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 1545-1550Abstract
The study was conducted in purposively selected Hisar districts of Haryana state (India) with selected 61 number of Photovoltaic Water Pumping System (PWPS) adopted farmers from this district, and an equal number of non beneficiaries adjoining to the beneficiaries' farm were also selected. In this way a total number of 122 respondents i.e. 61 beneficiaries and 61 non-beneficiaries were included in the sample for the study. A significant majority of respondents two third (67.21%) had medium level of technical knowledge, general knowledge (73.77%) and overall knowledge (70.49%) by the adopted respondents. In case of non adopted respondents, as high as had low level of technical knowledge (81.96%), general knowledge (70.49%) and three-fourth of farmers (72.13%) overall knowledge. Majority of respondents 60.65% and 45.90% had favourable attitude in case of adopted and non-adopted, respectively. Land holding, education, socio-economic status, extension contact, source of income, risk orientation and change proneness were found to have positive and significant correlation ship. However, in case of non adopted farmers' socio-economic status and risk orientation were found to have positive and significant correlation ship. The regression coefficient of adopted farmers' Land holding, education, socio-economic status, extension contact, source of income, risk orientation were found to have positive and significant regression coefficient. However, in case of non adopted farmers, In case of non adopted farmers, socio- economic status and extension contact had positive and significant regression coefficient with the farmers' knowledge level.Keywords
Knowledge, Attitude and Photovoltaic Water Pumping System.
- Knowledge Level of Farmers' Regarding Photovoltaic Water Pumping System: Comparative Study Between Hisar, Rohtak, and Jhajjar Districts of haryana State
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1 Department ofExtension Edueation, COA, CCS Haryana Agrieultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
1 Department ofExtension Edueation, COA, CCS Haryana Agrieultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 5 (2018), Pagination: 776-780Abstract
The study was conducted in purposively selected Hisar, Rohtak, and Jhajjar districts ofHaryana state with selected 61, 47 and 33 number of Photovoltaic Water Pumping System (PWPS) farmers trom each district, respectively. In this way a total number of 141 respondents were selected in the sample for the study. The study revealed that maximum number of respondent fell under medium technical knowledge, general knowledge and overall knowledge in Hisar, Rohtak and Jhajjar districts. Majority of respondents favorable attitude towards PWPS in all three districts. According to aspects wise farmers' attitude towards PWPS the statement “PWPS is better than the electricity or diesel water pumping system” occupied the top position, in Hisar and Rohtak district farmers, while in district .Thajjars 'farmers the 1st rank statement is, “PWPS is most important factor to sustain the grain revolution”, land holding, education, socio-economic status, extension contact, source of income, and risk orientation were found to have positive and significant regression coefficient whereas age, caste, occupation, house type, social participation, material possession, farm power, family type, change proneness and fatalism were found to have positive but non significant regression coefficient with the knowledge of PWPS farmers.Keywords
Knowledge, Attitude, Photovoltaic Water Pumping System.References
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