Adoption of improved practices in mango cultivation by small and big farmers in Dharmapuri district.
Sumathi P., Rathakrishnan T.
Author Affiliation: Regional Research Station, TNAU, Paiyur, India.
Madras Agricultural Journal 95 : 239-241
Abstract : This study examines the level of adoption of the mango growers with respect to the recommended technologies and problems faced by them. A survey was conducted on 120 respondents from the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, India. Findings show that the big farmers had better adoption of mango cultivation practices than small farmers: 33.34 per cent of big farmers had high level of adoption as against 11.67 per cent of small farmers. Only 13.33 per cent of big farmers were low adopters, as against 40 per cent small farmers. Inadequate market facility was the major constraint as reported by more than three-fourth of (81.66%) the respondents.