Kerala Agricultural UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
*Corresponding Author's Email: sreedaya.gs@kau.in
Online published on 27 May, 2022.
The study was conducted in the Thiruvananthapuram and Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala to study the adoption behaviour of awardee farmers. Altogether, 70 awardee farmers, 35 each from the two districts constituted the sample. A list of farming practices in coconut, rice, banana and vegetables were selected from package of practices recommendations of Kerala Agricultural University to study the adoption behaviour of awardee farmers. The statements on recommended practices were administered to awardee farmers and it was measured as no adoption, partial adoption, full adoption and modified adoption. The results showed that majority of the awardee farmers belonged to the medium to the high category of adoption behaviour. Profile characteristics like farming experience, decision making ability, dealing with failure, creativity, credit orientation and training acquired had a significant relationship with adoption behaviour.
Awardee farmers, Adoption behaviour, Package of practices recommendations, Decision making ability, Dealing with failure, Creativity, Credit orientation
