BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF SCENTED RICE GROWING TRIBAL FARMERS IN JASHPUR DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH

S.K. PRADHAN¹*, M.A. KHAN^2
1Department of Agricultural Extension, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
* Corresponding Author : kumarsubodh7777777@gmail.com

Received : 01-12-2019     Accepted : 13-12-2019     Published : 15-12-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 23       Pages : 9295 - 9297
Int J Agr Sci 11.23 (2019):9295-9297

Keywords : Scented rice, Tribal farmers, Risk orientation, Scientific orientation and Economic motivation
Academic Editor : Horo Aniketa, Prakash Kumar Singh
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The psychological characters of individual play a vital role in the collection of information and adoption of advanced agriculture technology. Chhattisgarh state is considered as one of the centres of origin and evolution of rice and is blessed with enormous funds of rice variability. Being endowed with the most favorable climate, the state has an excellent agri-diversity, particularly for rice cultivars including scented cultivars. The demand for aromatic rice has dramatically increased over the past few years. Only, about less than 20 percent of the total rice area in Chhattisgarh has been covered by the fine and scented rice varieties. Most of such area belongs to tribal dominated northern and southern part of the state. In this perspective this study was undertaken to assess behavioural characteristics of scented rice growing tribal farmers. The data was collected from 144 randomly selected scented rice growing tribal farmers from 12 villages identified from 4 blocks in Jashpur district using interview schedule by personal interview. They had medium level of economic motivation, scientific orientation and risk orientation.

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