STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP OF CHARACTERISTICS AND INCLINATION OF FARMERS TOWARDS FARMER INTEREST GROUPS UNDER ATMA

M. NINAMA¹*, A. PATEL^2
1Department of Extension Education and Communication, BA College of Agriculture, Anand Agriculture University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
²Ex-Directorate of Extension Education, Anand Agriculture University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : synmninama@gmail.com

Received : 18-09-2020     Accepted : 26-11-2020     Published : 15-12-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 23       Pages : 10460 - 10463
Int J Agr Sci 12.23 (2020):10460-10463

Keywords : FIG, Inclination¸ Correlation, Stepwise Regression, Path Analysis
Academic Editor : Dr Hemangi Mehta, Dr Vijaya Lakshmi V, Seyyed Fazel Fazeli Kakhki, Dr Jai P. Rai, Dr Ousmane Sy, Dr Prashant Shrivastava, B. C. Das, Lalit Upadhyay, Gangadkar Prakruthi N Raj
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Extension Education and Communication, BA College of Agriculture, Anand Agriculture University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

As ATMA project follows the bottom-up approach Farmers Interest Group is the fundamental and crucial part of this project. Farmer Interest Group is a new model for farmers to learn and innovate. The study was conducted on animal husbandry-based FIGs of Anand district, Gujarat, India with a specific objective to know the farmers inclination towards FIG under ATMA. About 200 FIG members were taken as respondents during the study. Correlation, Multiple regression and Path analysis were used to interpret the results. The results indicate that majority (29.00 percent) of the FIG members belonged to medium level of inclination towards FIG, followed by 23.00 percent had low level of inclination towards FIGs. It also revealed that availability of ICT tools, experience of FIG, extension contact, scientific orientation and Kisan Credit Card possession were the major contributing variables in the direction of farmers’ inclination towards FIG

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