Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Relationship between the profile of the banana growers and their perception about good agricultural practices (GAPs)
Author(s): HV Borate, Arun Patel, JM Deshmukh, KS Thorat and AM Murai
Abstract: The present study had been undertaken in Anand district of the Gujarat to study the relationship between profile of the banana growers and their perception about Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs). The data was conducted from 200 respondents. Majority of the banana growers belonged to the middle to old aged group and educated from higher secondary to graduation and above graduation level. Most of the banana growers were found with medium size of family. Majority of the banana growers had average level of extension contact with different agencies. It was seen that vast majority (90.00 percent) of the banana growers had high to very high level of mass media exposure and high to very high level of scientific orientation. A huge majority of the banana growers was found in the category of high to medium innovativeness and medium to high level risk orientation in banana cultivation. From this study it is found that majority of the banana growers were found in the category of medium to high level of perception about GAPs in banana. The independent variables viz., age, size of land holding, area under banana cultivation, production of banana, income from banana, annual income, economic motivation and risk orientation had a positive and significant correlation with the perception of the banana growers about GAPs. On the other hand, the variables namely, education, experience in banana cultivation, size of family, extension contact, mass media exposure, scientific orientation, management orientation and innovativeness showed a non-significant relationship with perception of the banana growers about GAPs. The six independent variables namely, size of land holding, risk orientation, production of banana, scientific orientation, education and management orientation together had explained 59.40percent variation in the perception of the banana growers about GAPs in banana.
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HV Borate, Arun Patel, JM Deshmukh, KS Thorat, AM Murai. Relationship between the profile of the banana growers and their perception about good agricultural practices (GAPs). Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):1550-1555.
