A STUDY ON CHICKPEA GROWERS' ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED CHICKPEA PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN JUNAGADH DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE

K.D. TANKODARA¹*, G.R. GOHIL², K.R. KHUNT^3
1Department of Agricultural Extension & Communication, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, India
²Extension Educationist, Directorate of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, India
³Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, India
* Corresponding Author : ktankodara@gmail.com

Received : 20-05-2020     Accepted : 02-06-2020     Published : 15-06-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 11       Pages : 9894 - 9895
Int J Agr Sci 12.11 (2020):9894-9895

Keywords : Chickpea growers, Chickpea production technology, Level of adoption, Adoption quotient, Practice wise adoption
Academic Editor : S. J. Parmar, Mathi P. Madhu, Dr R. S. Umakanth
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Chickpea is one of the most important pulse crops of Gujarat state. In Gujarat, Saurashtra region is one of the most remarkable regions for chickpea cultivation and production. Junagadh district of Saurashtra region is very good producer district. Due to consider the importance of adoption as a major aspect behind the yield of chickpea production, the present research work was conducted to study the level of adoption of chickpea growers about recommended chickpea production technology through ex-post facto research design. Four talukas; Maliya, Keshod, Mendarda and Junagadh of Junagadh district were purposively selected for the research. Total three villages were randomly selected from each selected taluka and 10 farmers were randomly selected from each village. Thus, total sample size was 120 farmers. Statistical tools used for the study were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that majority (64.17 percent) of the chickpea growers had medium level of adoption, followed by 21.67 percent and 14.16 percent had low and high level of adoption about recommended chickpea production technology, respectively. In case of practice wise adoption, the level of adoption was found higher in practices like preparation of land, spacing, time of sowing, weeding and inter culturing, seed rate, and harvesting.

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