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Extent of Adoption of Ajwain Production Technology by the Farmers
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The present research study was conducted on 100 ajwain growers from 10 villages comprising 5 villages each from Akot and Telhara tahasils of Akola district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state to ascertain the adoption level of farmers about recommended cultivation practices of ajwain. The results revealed that majority of respondent (85.0%) were included under medium level of adoption. As regard to finding of relational analysis revealed that out of ten characteristics studied age, education, area under ajwain crop, irrigation facilities, social participation, sources of information and scientific orientation, were positively and significantly correlated with adoption, whereas, land holding and annual income were non - significantly correlated with adoption.
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Adoption, Ajwain, Production Technology, Correlation.
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