COMMUNICATION PATTERN FOLLOWED BY ADOPTERS OF VARIOUS FARMING SYSTEMS IN NORTHERN HILLS ZONE OF CHHATTISGARH

S. NARBARIA¹*, M.A. KHAN^2
1Department of Agricultural Extension, Collage of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension, Collage of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, India
* Corresponding Author : sunilag22@gmail.com

Received : 03-12-2019     Accepted : 19-12-2019     Published : 30-12-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 24       Pages : 9326 - 9328
Int J Agr Sci 11.24 (2019):9326-9328

Keywords : Farming system, Sources of information, Extension contact, Cosmopoliteness and Mass media exposure
Academic Editor : Dr R. L. Kalasariya, Avinash Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension, Collage of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, India. Authors are also thankful to University Grant Commission (UGC) New Delhi for providing financial assistance as fellowship for entire Ph.D. programme as RGNF for SC candidate
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

This investigation are done in all five districts of Northern Hills Zone of Chhattisgarh to suggest which particular farming system viz. cereal based, pulse based, sugarcane based and dairy based farming system is most productive or beneficial for farmers. The findings revealed that majority (69.33%) of the respondents were obtained information from RAEOs, followed by friends/relatives (64%) and about 27 percent of them obtained from Kisanmitras. In case of credibility, the progressive farmers were found most credible amongst the all sources of information. Regarding contact with extension personnel, about 37 percent of the respondents made contact with Rural Agricultural Extension officer (RAEOs) and half of the respondents used 1 to 2 sources of mass media, followed by 47 percent used 1 source of mass media. The majority of the respondents (59%) had contacted to city/town monthly and more.

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