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G. B. Adsul ¹, M. I. Khalge ¹, D. D. Suradkar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Marathwada Agriculture University, Parbhani, M.S., IN
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S., IN

Abstract

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a multipurpose fruit. Recommended practicesi.e. plant protection measures is an important tool in effective oily spot disease management of pomegranate. However, it is generally observed that pomegranate growers do not adopt plant protection measures on large scale. Looking to this fact, the present study was conducted in six tahsils from Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra. From these 120 farmers were selected on the basis of intensity of disease infestation. The present study was carried out to know the personal and socio-economic characteristics. The important constraints reported by most of the pomegranate growers were supply of input constraints, economical constraints, technological constraints, extension constraints and market constraints. The important suggestions made by the pomegranate growers adequate provision of improved varieties, plant protection measures and fertilizers in time and at cheaper rate, extending facility of crop insurance for pomegranate orchard.

Keywords

Constraints, Suggestions, Pomegranate Growers, Oily Spot Disease, Pomegranate Crop

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A. N. Sabale ¹, D. D. Suradkar ², B. M. Thombre ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S., IN
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture (MKV) Latur, M.S., IN
3 Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, M.S., IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Ashti, Shirur. Patoda, Beed and Kaij tahsils of Beed district. The study is about entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers in relation to personal characteristics in selected areas of Beed district. The study was carried out at twenty five villages of Beed district which were selected randomly. From each village five entrepreneurs (farmers) were selected randomly for study and data were collected by direct interview. Thus, total 125 entrepreneurs were selected for the study, viz., majority of the farmers expressed financial problem, lack of exposure to mass media and information and marketing problem as reported by 76.00, 64.80 and 60.80 per cent, respectively followed by lack of knowledge (55.20%), lack of food grain storage facility (52.00%), labour problem (46.40%) and lack of transportation facilities (44.80%), respectively.

Keywords

Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Behaviour, Constraints

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B. M. Thombre ¹, R. S. Atar ², D. D. Suradkar ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.), IN
2 College of Agriculture (M.K.V.), latur (M.S.), IN
3 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture (M.K.V.), latur (M.S.), IN

Abstract

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Keywords

Knowledge, Grape, Cultivation Practices

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M. G. Kitturmath ¹, D. D. Suradkar ², B. M. Thombre ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extention Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in College of Agriculture, Latur under Marathwada Krushi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.) in 2011-12. The study was conducted in Latur district. Three tahsils and four villages from each tahsil were selected randomly. Ten respondents from each villages were selected to comprise a sample of 120 respondents. The respondents were personally interviewed and the data collected were processed and statistically analyzed by using statistical techniques like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of correlation. For the study independent variables namely age, education, family type, family size, use of sources of information, extension contact, social participation, and achievement motivation were selected. In this study it was observed that majority (70.83%) of the respondents had favourable attitude followed by less favourable attitude 15.00 per cent and the remaining 14.17 per cent of the respondents belonged to more favourable attitude in rural development activities.

Keywords

Attitude, Youth, Rural Development

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A. N. Sabale ¹, D. D. Suradkar ¹, B. M. Thombre ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S., IN

Abstract

The investigation was conducted during year 2012-2013 to study the entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers in Marathwada region of Maharashtra by selecting 125 respondents through random sampling. A pretested structured interview schedule was used to collect the information through personal interview method. Data analyzed by using mean, frequency, percentage, standard deviation and correlation co-efficient. Majority of farmers (51.20%) belonged to medium level of innovativeness, medium farm decision making (63.20%) with medium achievement motivation (58.40%). About (55.20%) farmers had medium knowledge of farm enterprises with medium (71.20%) risk taking ability. The data revealed that 63.20 per cent had medium information seeking behaviour with low leadership ability (40.00%) and medium cosmopoliteness (56.80%). The overall study revealed that farmers had medium entrepreneurial behaviour. It could be observed that, six independent variables i.e. farming experience, education, land holding, annual income, assets and level of aspiration showed positive and significant relationship at 0.05 level of probability, whereas extension contact showed positive and significant relationship at 0.01 level of probability and three independent variables i.e. occupation, social participation and mass media use had non significant relationship with their entrepreneurial behaviour.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial Behaviour

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B. M. Thombre ¹, G. R. Ainlawar ¹, D. D. Suradkar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, M.S., IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Nanded district, in Marathwada region of Maharashtra State in the year of 2011-12 with specific objective to study the perceived utility of cattle rearers regarding the rearing of Red Kandhari. From Nanded district, Biloli, Kandhar and Mukhed talukas were selected for study. It was observed from the study that majority of the cattle rearers under study were from low level of farming experiance. Most of them were educated up to primary class, having small size of family, marginal annual income, cattle rearing+ farming occupation, high social participation, medium use of source of information, medium extension contact, having medium herd size and medium level of knowledge. Majority of the cattle rearers' i.e. 37.50 per cent were observed to be in medium level of perceived utility.

Keywords

Red Kandhari Cattle, Perceived Utility, Cattle Rearers

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Sarika Pulate ¹, D. D. Suradkar ¹, K. Venkatesha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur (M.S.), IN

Abstract

In Agrowon newspaper among the agricultural information, other agricultural articles topped (72.21 %) in that general marketing topped (21.09 %) followed by the meteorology (20.26 %) and on third position miscellaneous information (15.75 %). The crop husbandry information was on the second position, nearly one seventh (13.55 %) of the agricultural information appeared in Agrowon in which cash crop information topped (37.97 %) followed by the cereals (20.86 %). The animal husbandry information (10.18 %) in which general animal husbandry information topped (29.18 %) in the total number of animal husbandry information in Agrowon newspaper followed by cow (16.73 %), very less (4.06 %) information was appeared on agricultural policies.

Keywords

Content Analysis, Agricultural Information, Agrowon Newspaper.

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