Study on the profile of organic cotton farmers of Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh

The paper mainly focuses on studying various profile characteristics of the organic cotton practicing farmers of Karimnagar district of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh state. The variables selected to study the profile of the farmers were their personal profile (age, education, farming experience, decision making behaviour), economic status (farm size, herd size, organic inputs utilization pattern, annual income) and exposure to extension activities (trainings received, extension contact). The results revealed that majority of them had primary school education and fell under medium category in terms of age, farming experience, annual income, herd size, training received, decision making behavior and extension contact. Majority of them had small farm size and high organic inputs utilization pattern. Majority (53.33%) of the organic cotton farmers belonged to middle age group, were educated up to primary school level (41.66%), had medium level of decision making behaviour (48.33%), farming experience (45.00%), small farm size (28.33%) and herd size (40.00%), used high level of organic inputs (48.33%), had medium annual income (48.33%), received medium level of trainings (50.00%) and had medium level of extension contact (43.33%).