Correlates of Adoption Behaviour of Kagzi  Lime Growers in Western Vidarbha of  Maharashtra State

Subhangi Chavan; R. T.  Katole; Y. B. Shambharkar; Nitin Ovhar

Volume : II, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Correlates of Adoption Behaviour of Kagzi Lime Growers in Western Vidarbha of Maharashtra State

Subhangi Chavan, R. T. Katole, Y. B. Shambharkar, Nitin Ovhar

Abstract :

The present research study of kagzi lime growers� was purposively conducted in three Panchayat Samities viz Akola, Barshitakli and Murtizapur Panchayat Samities of Akola district .of Akola district in western Vidarbha of Maharashtra State. For present study 120 respondents were selected from 12 villages. An exploratory research design was adopted for the study. The findings indicated that, the selected characteristics of kagzi lime growers viz., education, land holding and sources of information significantly correlated with the adoption behaviour at 0.05 level of probability. The variables such as area under kagzi lime cultivation, annual income and experience in kagzi lime cultivation were positively and significantly correlated with adoption behaviour at 0.01 level of probability. The selected variables under study, jointly explain a significant amount of variation in adoption behaviour of kagzi lime growers in kagzi lime cultivation.