Socio-Economic Characteristics Influencing Productivity of Mrugbahar Sweet Orange in Maharashtra

Attempt has been made to examine the socio-economic characteristics of murugbahar sweet orange grower and their effect on productivity of the crop. Investigation was carried out during the year 2007-08. Coss sectional data were collected from fifty sweet orange growers. The results revealed that age of owner was 40.56 years with family size of 8.42 persons and investment on commonly used assets was Rs.23683.70. They showed lower coefficient of variation as compared to other characteristics. Use of bullock pair, milch animal and education level showed higher marginal productivity in sweet orange production. The coefficient of multiple determination (R2) was 0.547 which indicated 54.70 per cent of variation in the productivity.