Extent of awareness, knowledge and adoption of different farm machinery by the groundnut farmers in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh

EXTENT OF AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF DIFFERENT FARM MACHINERY


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Authors

  • C HRUDAY RANJAN S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh
  • P V SATYA GOPAL S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh
  • V SAILAJA S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh
  • S V PRASAD S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupathi-517 502, Andhra Pradesh

https://doi.org/10.56739/jor.v31i1.142117

Keywords:

Farm machinery, Extent of adoption, Extent of awareness, Groundnut Farmers

Abstract

Andhra Pradesh shares about one-third of groundnut area of the country and occupies third place in production contributing 18.8% of production in the country. In Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor district ranks second in the area and production under groundnut. Keeping this in consideration present study was conducted among groundnut farmers with a view to study extent of awareness, knowledge and adoption of different farm machinery used in groundnut cultivation in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh with a sample of 120 farmers. Results unveiled that nearly half of the groundnut farmers were having medium extent of awareness, slightly more than half of the farmers having medium extent of knowledge and with respect to extent of adoption nearly forty three per cent of the farmers were having medium level of adoption. Depending upon the extent of awareness, knowledge and adoption of different farm machinery used by the groundnut farmers were ranked in terms of their awareness, knowledge and adoption.

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References

FAO 2010. World crop statistics, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

Gopinath M 2005. Knowledge and adoption of bengalgram farmers in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. M Sc Thesis, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India.

Sajithkumar K 2004. Adoption of recommended package of practices by the coconut farmers of Mahe region in Union Territory of Pondicherry. M Sc Thesis, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India.

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Submitted

2023-09-07

Published

2014-07-21

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2014): Journal of Oilseeds Research

Section

Short-Communication

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How to Cite

C HRUDAY RANJAN, P V SATYA GOPAL, V SAILAJA, & S V PRASAD. (2014). Extent of awareness, knowledge and adoption of different farm machinery by the groundnut farmers in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh: EXTENT OF AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF DIFFERENT FARM MACHINERY. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.56739/jor.v31i1.142117