Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences(An International Journal)
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Knowledge and adoption of recommended finger millet (Eleusine coracana) production technology among tribal farmers of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh

  • Author:
  • RK Suryawanshi, KN Yadaw, ML Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 182 to 184

Department of Agricultural Extension, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur-492 012, Chhattisgarh, India

*Email of corresponding author: kedarri03@gmail.com

Online published on 13 October, 2015.

Abstract

The study was conducted with 150 tribal farmers who were selected randomly from 3 blocks of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state during 2009 to assess the level of knowledge and extent of adoption regarding recommended finger millet production technology. The majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge (66.67%) and adoption rate (72%) of the production technology. 30% of farmers had high level of knowledge towards selection of land, while maximum number of the respondents (48.7%)

Keywords

Adoption, Finger millet, Knowledge, Production technology