An Analytical Study on Turmeric Cultivation

Authors

  • Shanthya Manoharan Tamil Nadu Agricultural university,Coimbatore
  • R Premavathi Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6000-6007

Keywords:

Adoption, practices, regression, turmeric, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

A study was undertaken to study the characteristics of turmeric farmers and to assess the relationship between characteristics of turmeric farmers and adoption level, in Kodumudi block of Erode district in Tamil Nadu. A sample of 111 respondents was selected from five villages by using proportionate random sampling method. Fifteen independent variables and one dependent variable were selected to analyze the relationship of characteristics of turmeric farmers with adoption level. The data were collected with the help of a well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The collected data were analyzed with suitable statistical tools. The results of the study revealed that nearly one-fourth of the respondents was having secondary school education. More than half of the respondents had farming alone as their occupation. Little more than two-fifths of the respondents were small farmers. The variables, occupation and credit orientation had positive and significant relationship with adoption at five per cent level of significance.

Author Biographies

Shanthya Manoharan, Tamil Nadu Agricultural university,Coimbatore

PG Scholar, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

R Premavathi, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-

References

District Directorate of Statistics (2017), Erode District

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Karthika, A. (2014). A Diagnostic Study on aggregate onion cultivars in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. Unpublished M.Sc. (Ag.) Thesis, AC & RI, TNAU, Madurai.

Shindhu. (2015). An analytical study on turmeric growers in erode district of Tamil Nadu. Unpublished M.Sc. (Ag.) Thesis, AC&RI, TNAU, Madurai.

Thiripurasundari & Selvarani. (2014). Production of Turmeric in India: An Analysis. The International Journal of Business & Management. 2(9): 230.

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Published

2018-12-04

How to Cite

Manoharan, S., & Premavathi, R. (2018). An Analytical Study on Turmeric Cultivation. Journal of Extension Education, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6000-6007