Agriculture Update

P. H. Chaudhary ¹, V. V. Gohad ², P. V. Dafale , S. A. Barge ¹

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

Abstract

This investigation was carried out during the year 2010-2011. From 3 Agriculture Colleges, 120 respondents (students) were randomly selected for the study. Data were collected from the students with help of pretested schedule by personal interview method. The result revealed that majority (55.00 per cent) of the respondent students had medium level of aspiration while, 22.50 per cent of respondent students had low level of aspiration and also 22.50 per cent of respondents possessed high level of aspiration. The correlation analysis related to independent variables viz., occupation of parents, annual family income, family education status, academic performance and attitude showed significant and positive relationship with aspiration. While s ize of land holding and size of family showed pos itive and non-significant relat ionship with aspiration. Majority of respondents faced constraints like irregularity of educational tour expressed by 70.00 per cent of students, inadequate availability of text book in college library(67.50 per cent), current agriculture knowledge was not provided (66.66 per cent) and 58.33 per cent of students expressed lack of orientation given for various competitive examinations as a constraint.

Keywords

Aspiration, College Student, Agriculture.

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N. D. Chavan ¹, A. N. Deshmukh ², S. A. Barge ¹, S. U. Mokhale ¹

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

Abstract

Communication plays a vital role in dissemination of market information. In India where more than 75 per cent agricultural producers are small and marginal farmers. Marketing information services should ideally be available to all. In this globalization Indian farmers need to be updated with the latest knowledge to compete for global marketing. The study was undertaken in the year 2010-11. A sample of 120 farmers was randomly selected in 12 villages of Amravati and Bhatkuli Panchayat Samiti of Amravati district of Maharashtra. Majority of the farmers (66.67 per cent) had medium level of use of information sources for marketing. Among the selected characteristics, education, cosmopoliteness, extension contact, market orientation and economic motivation were positive and significantly related with level of use of information sources for marketing and age and farmers experience were negative and significant with use of information sources for marketing where as land holding and annual income were non-significant with level of use of information sources for marketing.

Keywords

Information Sources, Use, Farmers, Marketing.

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