A Study on Perception of Usefulness of Pmksy among the Paddy, Banana Growers in Tamil Nadu

Abstract:

Adoption is a decision to make continue full use of an innovation, while adoption process is a mental process through which an individual passes from first hearing about an innovation to its final adoption. The study was 25,397 hectares in Erode district of Tamilnadu state during 2023-24. The multistage sampling technique was used for selection of taluk, villages and respondents. Among the total 14 Block of erode district,Ammapet, Andiyur, Chennimalai, Gobi, Bhavani, Talavadi and Sakthi were purposively selected from Erode district on the basis of maximum PADDY, BANANA, crop area. 7 blocks were selected from each selected taluk on the basis of highest number of PADDY, BANANA,   growers. Thus, total 28 villages having highest number of PADDY, BANANA, growers were selected. A list of farmers who have installed micro irrigation technology on their farm was obtained from taluk, panchayat office. Ten respondents from each village were selected by using random sampling techniques making a sample of 350 respondents. The result indicated that more than two-third of the PADDY, BANANA, growers (90.00 percent) have medium level of adoption of micro irrigation technology. PADDY, BANANA, growers have low and high level of adoption of micro irrigation technology, respectively. And also observed that the variables viz., education, social participation, land holding, annual income, attitude towards Agriculture, risk orientation, economic motivation and source of information had positive and significant correlated with extent of adoption of micro irrigation technology.