Adoption Behaviour of Farmers in Chickpea Production Technology

Chickpea, also known as Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum) the important pulse crop of our country. KVK, Nashik implemented Front Line Demonstration on chickpea in Khadak Malegaon village successively for 3 years. To find out the impact of the Front Line Demonstration on adoption behaviour of the farmers, the present study was planned and conducted. Looking to this fact, the present study was undertaken on a purposive sampling of 112 chickpea growers of Khadak malegaon Village of Niphad tahsil of Nashik District of Maharashtra with the objectives to study the personal and socio-economic profile and to ascertain the level of adoption chickpea growers. The study reveals that most of the respondents were from middle age group i.e. between 26 to 45 years, received education up to Higher Secondary, size of land holding between 4.01 to 7.00 acres. Majority (54.46 per cent) of chickpea growers were having farming experience between 9 years to 17 years, having medium social participation and annual income between Rs. 75,551 to Rs. 1,50,765. Most of the respondents (60.72 per cent) were having their land at 2-3 places. The study on adoption indicated that, the majority of chickpea growers (70.54 per cent) had medium level of adoption. It can be stated that the level of adoption of the chickpea cultivation practices by majority of the chickpea gram growers was satisfactory.