Personal Co-Relates of Sprinkler Irrigation Technology

The Present study was conducted in eighteen Villages in Akot and Telhara Panchyat samiti in Akola district of Maharashtra State. A sample of 100 respondents was drawn randomly with an object to study the Presonal ,Socio-economic,Communicational and Psychological Characterstice of beneficiaries and to study the relationship between personal personal characteristics with evaluation of sprinkler Irrigation Scheme.Data were collected by personally interviewing the respondents and analyzed stastically. The findings revealed that majority of respondent were middle age group, mostly matriculate , possessed land between 4.01 to 10ha.belonged moderately deep category of soil with an annual income between Rs. 1,00,001 to Rs. 2,00,001. Majority of beneficiaries had medium level of social participation, middle level of socio-economic status, medium access to source of information and medium level of innovativeness. The education, land holding ,annual income,social participation, socioeconomic status, sources of information and innovativeness were found to be positively signigicantly correlated with change in cropping pattern, production and productivity, income, employment generation, occupation material possession. Multiple regression analysis showed that all the independent variables together accounted for 18.68, 26.17,21.74,22.68,15.76 and 11.79 in respect of change in cropping pattern, production and productivity, income, employment generation, and material possession. It was found to be significant in all the dependent variables except change in occupation. None of the variables was found to be significantly affecting the change in material possession and employment generation, area under sprinkler irrigation was found to be significant determinant of evaluation.