Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFILE OF GROUNDNUT CULTIVATORS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE LEVEL ON THE RECOMMENDED CROP PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN SAURASHTRA REGION OF GUJARAT

Authors: Swati N. Jalu, Minaxi K. Bariya and Kiran U. Chandravadia

Publisher: Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: front line demonstration, NMOOP, groundnut growers, Saurashtra region

Special Issue: 2022

Published on: November 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2022.si.0011

Abstract: The present study was conducted Saurashtra region of Gujarat Stateusing ex-post facto research design. In order to know the relationship between selected independent variables with knowledge level of the groundnut growers about recommended groundnut crop production technology, a sample of 160 groundnut growers, representing 16 villages of 12 talukas of Junagadh, Jamnagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir-somnath and Rajkot of Saurashtra region of Gujarat state were drawn by multistage random sampling techniques.The beneficiaries of front line demonstration given by Krishi Vigyan Kendra under NMOOP project were selected for the study. The data was collected by personal interview through structured schedule. The simple statistical tools were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that in case of fourteen independent variables, three variables viz., education, social participation and extension participation showed positive and significant relationship at one per cent level ofprobability. Whereas, nine variables viz., size of land holding, annual income, mass media exposure, extension contact, innovativeness, scientific orientation, risk orientation, economic motivation and yield index showed positive and significant relation atfive per cent level of probability with knowledge level. The remaining two variables namely, age showed negative and significant relation atfive per cent level of probability and only one variable size of family did not showed any significant relationship with knowledge level.