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Analysis of Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices by Lime Growers of North Karnataka


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1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture (U.A.S.) Vijayapur (Karnataka), India
2 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), India
     

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Fruits are of great importance in the field of human nutrition. Citrus is one of the most important fruit crop in India. Citrus fruits have a special place in Indian diet as they are rich source of vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B and fruit sugars. The present investigation was conducted in Vijayapura and Kalaburagi district of Northern Karnataka in the year 2013-14. A sample size of 140 respondents who have minimum one acre of lime orchard and who have at least five years and above old orchard were selected randomly. The data was collected through personal interview method with the help of structured interview schedule. The results indicates that, comparatively more number (42.14 %) of farmers belonged to medium adoption category, followed by high (34.29 %) and low (23.57 %) adoption category. It was also observed that, education, land holding, annual income, extension contact, mass media participation, experience in lime cultivation and economic motivation found to have positive and significant relationship with the adoption level of lime growers.

Keywords

Adoption, Citrus Fruits, Lime Growers.
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  • Analysis of Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices by Lime Growers of North Karnataka

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Authors

Jameer R. Attar
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture (U.A.S.) Vijayapur (Karnataka), India
S. G. Aski
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), India

Abstract


Fruits are of great importance in the field of human nutrition. Citrus is one of the most important fruit crop in India. Citrus fruits have a special place in Indian diet as they are rich source of vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B and fruit sugars. The present investigation was conducted in Vijayapura and Kalaburagi district of Northern Karnataka in the year 2013-14. A sample size of 140 respondents who have minimum one acre of lime orchard and who have at least five years and above old orchard were selected randomly. The data was collected through personal interview method with the help of structured interview schedule. The results indicates that, comparatively more number (42.14 %) of farmers belonged to medium adoption category, followed by high (34.29 %) and low (23.57 %) adoption category. It was also observed that, education, land holding, annual income, extension contact, mass media participation, experience in lime cultivation and economic motivation found to have positive and significant relationship with the adoption level of lime growers.

Keywords


Adoption, Citrus Fruits, Lime Growers.

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