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Adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Chillies Cultivation by Farmers in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu


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1 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, T. N., India
2 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore T. N., India
     

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A study was conducted on adoption of good agricultural practices (GAP) among chillies farmers in three districts of southern Tamil Nadu. By following simple random sampling, a sample size of 160 respondents was selected from eight villages. The findings revealed that 43.75 per cent of the contract farmers had high level of adoption followed by medium adoption level (38.75 %). In the case of non-contract farmer 37.50 per cent had high adoption while 30.00 per cent had medium adoption level.

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Adoption, Contract, Non-contract Farmers, Good Agricultural Practices
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K. Divya
Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, T. N., India
D. Sivakumar
Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore T. N., India

Abstract


A study was conducted on adoption of good agricultural practices (GAP) among chillies farmers in three districts of southern Tamil Nadu. By following simple random sampling, a sample size of 160 respondents was selected from eight villages. The findings revealed that 43.75 per cent of the contract farmers had high level of adoption followed by medium adoption level (38.75 %). In the case of non-contract farmer 37.50 per cent had high adoption while 30.00 per cent had medium adoption level.

Keywords


Adoption, Contract, Non-contract Farmers, Good Agricultural Practices