Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 2

Communicational and psychological variable of sustainable integrated farming system in Madhya Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Minakshi Meshram1,*, Aparna Jaiswal2, Prashant Shrivastava2, Vishal Meshram3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: Sep 19, 2023
  • Page Number: 505 to 510

1Ad hoc Assistant Professor, Department of Extension Education, Pt. Shiv Kumar Shastri College of Agriculture & Research Station, Surgi, Rajnandgaon, IGKV, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture, Balaghat, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

3Senior Scientist & Head, KVK, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

*Corresponding author email id: minakshimeshram1991@gmail.com

Online Published on 19 September, 2023.

Abstract

Indian agriculture has taken the responsibility of supplying food and employment to lakhs of people. Agriculture has all the time been considered the spine of our country. The present study is concerned with the communicational and psychological profile about Integrated Farming System in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh was conducted on 250 small and marginal tribal farmers which is practicing on Integrated farming system. The selected IFS practicing farmers have been interviewed face-to-face with the help of a well structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were medium decision making ability, having medium scientific orientation, having medium risk orientation, having medium economic motivation, having medium innovativeness and having medium management efficiency.

Keywords

Communicational, Psychological, Integrated farming system, Small and marginal, Sustainability, Tribal farmers