A Study on Yield Gap in Cotton Cultivation

An attempt was made to study he yield gap in cotton in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu state. Three hundred respondents were selected based on the proportionate random sampling method. A well structured and pre-tested interview schedule was administered for the collection of relevant data. The results revealed that 42.00 per cent of cotton growers had medium level of yield gap. The socio-economic and psychological characteristics namely, education, area under cotton cultivation, information source utilization, risk orientation, innovativeness and economic motivation were found to have positive association with yield gap.