Title: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL GAP AND SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF SUMMER GROUNDNUT GROWERS

Authors: S. M. Hirapara, D. B. Patel and Arnab Biswas

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: association, technological gap, summer groundnut

Volume: 36

Issue: 2

Year: December 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2023.36.2.0029

Abstract: Summer groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) is the most popular oilseed crop grown in tropical and subtropical region of the world. It is also known as the "poor man's almond". This study was designed as Ex-post Factoresearch and a multistage random sampling method was adopted to select the sample.Total 180 summer groundnut growers were randomly selected from twenty villages belongs to Deesa, Dantiwada, Palanpur and Vadgam talukas of Banaskantha district of Gujarat state. The data were collected by personal contact method with help of structured interview schedule. Thirteen independent variables were selected for study. These are the individual characteristics of the groundnut growers. The independent variables viz., education, annual income, irrigation method, sources of information, extension participation and economic motivation had negative and significant correlation with technological gap, whereas age and farming experience of the summer groundnut growers had positive and significant correlation with technological gap. On the other hand social participation, mass media exposure, risk orientation and knowledge had negative and highly significant correlation with gap.