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Profile Characteristics of the Farmers Followed Indigenous Agricultural Practices in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh

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  • Kumari, B. Kranthi
  • Prasad, S. V.
  • Sailaja, V.
  • Aarna, B.
  • Naidu, G. Mohan

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The study was conducted with an Ex-post facto research design in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh to identify the profile characteristics of the farmers followed indigenous agricultural practices in major three crops (paddy, groundnut and red gram). Data were collected from a randomly selected 180 farmers from two districts i.e. Ananthapur and Kurnool of Rayalaseema region by personal interview method. The results revealed that majority of the respondents are middle aged (60.00%), illiterates (37.78%), semi-medium farmers (36.11%), had medium farming experience (52.22%) with medium family size (77.78%), family income (41.11%), extension contact (47.77%), mass media exposure (45.56%), innovativeness (41.67%), fatalism (63.89%), social participation (55.56%), achievement motivation (41.11%), scientific orientation (44.45%), economic orientation (62.22%), market orientation (59.45%) and attitude towards indigenous agricultural practices (50.56%).

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  • Kumari, B. Kranthi & Prasad, S. V. & Sailaja, V. & Aarna, B. & Naidu, G. Mohan, 2022. "Profile Characteristics of the Farmers Followed Indigenous Agricultural Practices in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh," Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, vol. 40(6), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ajaees:366951
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