SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE AFFECTING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION AREA OF IGKV RELEASED RICE VARIETIES

V.K. PAINKRA¹*, M.L. SHARMA², M.A. KHAN^3
1Agricultural Extension, DKS College of Agriculture and Research Station, Alesur Bhatapara, 493118, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, India
²Dean, Pt. Kishorilal Shukla Horticulture College and Research Station, Rajnandgaon, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
³Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
* Corresponding Author : virupaikra@gmail.com

Received : 02-11-2019     Accepted : 27-11-2019     Published : 30-11-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 22       Pages : 9216 - 9219
Int J Agr Sci 11.22 (2019):9216-9219

Keywords : Correlation, Education, IGKV rice varieties, Land holding, Occupation, Social Participation
Academic Editor : Hemant Kumar Patra, Jhariya M K, Kannan C. S. Warrier, Medini Ibrahim
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was carried out in Chhattisgarh plains where 320 respondents were taken for the data collection. Most of the respondents were educated up to high school. A maximum respondent belongs to OBC and family was medium. All respondents were well experienced in the cultivation of rice. Maximum areas of land were irrigated. Respondents were engaged in different occupation but they highly (97.81%) engaged with agriculture occupation as the main occupation. Education, land holding etc affected knowledge about IGKV released rice varieties, as well as they, also affected the adoption area of IGKV released rice varieties.

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