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B. M. Gonshetwad ¹, S. U. Mokhale ¹, Kapil Jat ¹, A. N. Deshmukh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The present study on attitude of beneficiaries towards agricultural technology management agency was conducted in the year 2015-16 in Amravati and Bhatkuli tehsil of Amravati district. For this study 100 beneficiaries were selected with the help of random sampling method. The data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. Collected data were carefully examined, classified quantified and tabulated. Frequencies, mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of correlation of analysis were employed for interpreting the results. Majority of the respondents (49.00 %) were found in the middle age group i.e. 36 to 50 years. Majority of the respondents (32.00 %) were higher school level 8th to 10th. Majority of the respondents (37.00 %) were in small 1.01 to 2.00 ha category of land holding. Majority of the respondents (25.00 %) were in medium 50,001 to 1,00,000 category of annual income. Majority of the respondents (51.00 %) were from medium social participation group. Majority of the respondents (59.00 %) were from medium level extension contact. Majority of the respondents (71.00 %) were from medium level socio-economic status. Majority of the respondents (76.00 %) were from medium mass media exposure. Majority of the respondents (67.00 %) were from medium benefits availed. Majority of the respondents (44.00 %) were from neutral attitude towards agricultural technology management agency. Majority of respondents (52.00 %) reported that the technology provided by ATMA is costly was the main problem.Majority (44.00 %) of the beneficiaries had neutral attitude towards agricultural technology management agency. Information regarding the relationship between the independent and dependant variable the data were subjected to correlation analysis. It was observed that education (0.233), land holding (0.225), had positive and significant relationship with attitude of beneficiaries at 0.05 level of significant towards ATMA. and extension contact (0.346), mass media exposure (0.281), and benefits availed (0.476) had positive and significant relationship with attitude of beneficiaries at 0.01 level of significant towards ATMA and annual income (0.029), socio-economic status (0.147) were positively non-significant whereas age (-0.013), social participation (-0.025) showed the negative and non significant relationship with attitude of beneficiaries towards ATMA. The data indicated that most of beneficiaries (52.00 %) reported that the technology provided by ATMA is costly which was the main problem.

Keywords

Attitude, ATMA, Benefit Availed, Interest Group, Committee.

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Kapil Jat ¹, S. U. Mokhale ¹, B. M. Gonshetwad ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The present study adoption gap in recommended practices of chickpea was carried out in Bhatkuli and Chandur Bazar tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra state. In all 100 chickpea growers from 10 villages were selected by proportionate random sampling. Respondents were selected for study. The data were collected by personally interviewing the respondents with the help of structured interview schedule. Collected data were carefully examined, classified, quantified and tabulated. Frequency distribution and percentages, mean, standard deviation, correlation of co-efficient analysis were employed for interpreting the results. Results obtained after analysis have been summarized as below. Findings revealed that maximum percentages of the respondents 45.00 per cent were found in the middle age group 36 to 50 years. Maximum percentages of the respondents (35.00 %) were educated high school level. The majority (32.00 %) of the respondents had land holdings large size of land holding in small 1.01 to 2 ha category. The majority (37.00 %) of the respondents had their annual income ranging 2 lacks and above, 23.00 per cent had an annual income in low category between 20,001 to 50,000, respectively. Majority of the respondents (54.00 %) utilized medium level of social participation. The half of the respondents of chickpea growers (50.00 %) were having medium level of extension contact. More than half of the respondent (57.00 %) used medium level of source of information channel while, 33.00 per cent and 10.00 per cent used high and low level of sources of information of communication channel, respectively. The majority (47.00 %) of the respondents were found in the category of medium level of knowledge. The majority (51.00 %) of the respondents were found in the category of medium level of adoption having the score between 59 to 77. The respondents had high knowledge but average adoption about recommended practices of chickpea. In the study it was found that the education, annual income, social participation, extension contact, source of information, knowledge and adoption were negatively significant with adoption gap at 1 per cent level of significance. Whereas, age was positively significance at 5 per cent level of significance. Among selected variables land holding was negatively non-significant related with adoption gap. It was found that more than half i.e. 58.00 per cent of the chickpea growers belonged to medium category of adoption gap. It was observed that very high adoption gap was observed regarding use of FYM, hybrid varieties, seed rate, and irrigation in chickpea.

Keywords

Profile, Adoption Gap, Practices, Chickpea, Pulses.

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