Relational Analysis of Knowledge and Adoption of Organic Farming Practices in Gujarat State

Abstract

Organic agriculture may be considered as a development vehicle for developing countries like India, in particular with this
context research study was undertaken for 180 farmers in capacity building of farmers through training on organic
farming practices in Surendranagar, Jamnagar and Rajkot district of Gujarat state. The results shows that majority of
trained and untrained farmers had medium level of knowledge and medium level of adoption about organic farming
practices. Among all the variables education, extension participation, organic farming experience, localite cosmopolite
value orientation, risk orientation, scientific orientation had positive and significant association with the knowledge and
adoption of organic farming practices in both trained and untrained farmers. While in addition to this trained farmers' had
also positive and significant association with social participation, innovativeness and mass media exposure, market of
organic produce and herd size.