MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY OF COCONUT PLANTATION GROWERS IN COASTAL AREA OF SAURASHTRA REGION

B.N. KALSARIYA¹*, P.B. KHODIFAD², P.S. GORFAD³, J.G. MARKANA^4
1Department of Agriculture Extension, College of Agricultural, JAU, Junagadh
²Department of Agril. Extension, College of Agricultural, NAU, Navsari
³Scientist, KVK, Jamnagar, Junagadh
⁴Department of Agriculture Extension, College of Agricultural, JAU, Junagadh
* Corresponding Author : bnkalsariya@jau.in

Received : 05-03-2016     Accepted : 18-03-2016     Published : 21-04-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 13       Pages : 1169 - 1172
Int J Agr Sci 8.13 (2016):1169-1172

Keywords : Managerial Efficiency, Knowledge, Coconut growers, Saurashtra
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The study was conducted in the coastal areas of Saurashtra where coconut is a major crop. Total five talukas i.e. 3 talukas of Junagadh, 1 taluka of Porbandar and 1 taluka of Bhavnagar district were selected purposively, which is having the highest coconut growing area. Three villages from each taluka and 10 respondents from each village i.e. total 15 villages and 150 respondents were included in the sample. The study was conducted to know the managerial efficiency of coconut plantation growers in coastal area of Saurashtra region. The finding of the study revealed that in various aspect of managerial efficiency viz., coconut plantation growers gave first position to intercropping and quality of coconut products in knowledge, planning about the inputs in ability to planning, implementing the decision in ability to make rational decision, coconut plantation growers gave importance to team work to achieve the goal in organizing the activities, consulting the extension worker when they heard about the incidences of insect-pests and eriophyid mite in epidemic condition or disease attack on the coconut plantation for coordinate activities, consultation with family members about source of credit for budgeting, well aware about co-operation with co-workers which produce better results in form of desirable work hours in communication and human relationship, supply of coconut fruits to the market when high price of produce in ability to make rational marketing, ability to sell the coconut produce after grading process which increase value addition and supervising the working of people while different agricultural operation in ability to controlling activities. In all, more than half of the coconut plantation growers had medium level (51.33 per cent) of overall managerial efficiency.