Vol. 8, Issue 5 (2020)
Status of pisciculture adoption in Jagatsinghpur district: A dissemination
Author(s): SK Giri, RS Panigrahi, S Sahoo and DK Swain
Abstract: Pisciculture is a boon to Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. It is one of the potential producer of fish. This present study focused on to study the extent of adoption in pisciculture of Jagatsingpur farmers. Ex-post-facto approach study was made. The data collected through a pre-tested structured interview schedule with employment of appropriate statistical measures for analysis and interpretation of the data. The major findings of the study were that 60.83% of the fish farmers belonged to middle age group, 49.16% of fish farmers received high school and above education, 90.83% of respondents belonged to marginal and small farmer category,75.83% fish farmers had more than 10 years of experience in fish farming. The extent of adoption by majority of the fish farmers was medium i.e. 73.33%.Only 5.83% respondents were high adopters which indicated that they were putting into practice all the recommended practices. The study revealed that farm size, house type, pond size, extension contact, information source use and knowledge level had significant and positive relationship with the adoption of various pisciculture technologies.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i5o.10434
Pages: 1055-1059 | 829 Views 269 Downloads
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SK Giri, RS Panigrahi, S Sahoo, DK Swain. Status of pisciculture adoption in Jagatsinghpur district: A dissemination. Int J Chem Stud 2020;8(5):1055-1059. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i5o.10434
