1Ex. P.G. Student, Department of Agricultural Extension, I.G.K.V., Raipur (C.G.)
2Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, I.G.K.V., Raipur (C.G.)
3Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Extension, I.G.K.V., Raipur (C.G.)
4Ph. D.-Scholar, Department of Agricultural Extension, I.G.K.V., Raipur (C.G.)
Online published on 14 November, 2017.
The present investigation was aimed "To study the communicational traits of marigold growers in adoption of recommended marigold production technology among the marigold growers of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh state" was carried in two selected blocks (i.e. Masturi and Pendra) from total ten blocks located in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh (India). These two blocks were selected because these two blocks are having fairly good marigold production. A list of marigold farmers of the selected blocks were obtained from the office of the horticultural department of Bilaspur district and from each selected block, 75 farmers those were practicing marigold cultivation were selected randomly. Thus 150 randomly selected farmers who were practicing marigold cultivation were interviewed with the help of well structured and pre-tested interview schedule to collect the primary data on the basis of objective of the study. The data were tabulated and analyzed statistically to draw appropriate conclusions. The study revealed that the majority (75.33%) of the respondents had medium contact with extension agencies. Majority (38.67%) of the respondents made contact with Rural Horticultural Extension Officers (RHEOs) regularly. Majority of the respondents (68.67%) had medium utilization of information sources.
Information Sources, Marigold Production Technology
