Indian Journal of Extension Education
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue: 1and2

Awareness and Attitude of Farmers towards Agro-forestry

  • Author:
  • Satyendra Kumar Singh1, R. K. Doharey2, A. K. Singh3, Prakash Singh2, Sandip Kumar Singh4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 102 to 104

1Research Scholar, Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi-221005

2Professor, Department of Extension Education, NDUA&T, Kumarganj, Faizabad-224229

3Professor & Head, Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi-221005

4SRF Department of Agronomy, MPUA&T, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Online published on 22 February, 2017.

Abstract

The study was conducted in Milkipur block of Faizabad District by concluding personal interview with 100 respondents selected through proportionate random sampling technique on the criteria of land holding size possessed, viz. Marginal, small, medium and large to find out the knowledge, attitude and adoption of agro-forestry systems. The majority of respondents (73%) were found having medium level of attitude towards agro-forestry and attitude was measured on the scale developed by Shukla and Tyagi (2002). The respondents were categorized into three categories such as low, medium and high on the basis on the respondents e.g. low (up to 38), medium (39 to 44), high (45 and above) based on (i) mean-SD (ii) between mean ± SD (iii) mean +SD respectively. The correlation of attitude with like economic motivation and knowledge extent were found to be highly significant.

Keywords

Awareness, attitude, farmers, agro forestry, agro forestry practices