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PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUGARCANE FARMERS commercial crop, training on different technologies will help the farmers in taking up the farm operations in more viable and economical ways. On the other side lack of awareness on the importance of training and also non availability of time to attend the training programmers might have contributed for the above trend. It is in conformity with Reddy (1997) and Roy (2005). Social participation From Table 4.7 and Fig 4.7 it could be seen that majority of the respondents were having medium social participation (67.50%) followed by high (20.83%) and low (11.67%) levels of social participation. The probable reason for the above trend might be that, being a member of society everybody needs to work together co operatively to achieve higher returns. As sugarcane is one of the major commercial crops involve year round investment right from land preparation, selection of setts to the final transportation of sugarcane to the factories. The need of being a member or office bearer in such societies which directly involve in farming operations of sugarcane is essential for taking up appropriate and timely operations in farm production. It is in conformity with Reddy (1997). Mass media exposure Majority of the respondents were having medium mass media exposure (69.17%) followed by high (20.00%) and low(10.83%) levels of mass media exposure. The probable reason for this trend might be due to the fact that, as majority of sugarcane farmers are young and middle aged and ninety five per cent of sugarcane farmers were educated had inclination towards better utilization of different mass media such as radio, T.V, news papers so as to take up modern technologies in sugarcane production. The farmers with illiteracy and higher age might not be utilizing the mass media because of their personal and psychological limitations. It is in conformity with Reddy (1997) and Sangeetha (2004). Scientific Orientation More than half (61.66%) of the respondents had medium scientific orientation followed by high (20.00%) and low (18.33%) of scientific orientation. The probable reason might be that there were ample number of technologies developed by the scientists and disseminated among the farming community leading to successful adoption of those technologies. This might be because of higher scientific orientation among the sugarcane farmers to adopt those technologies as per the recommendations of the scientists for better returns. The education level, extension contact and mass media exposure directly contributes for the scientific orientation among the sugarcane farmers. Less scientific orientation for few farmers might be due to complexity of the technologies and illiteracy of the farming community. It is in conformity with Reddy (1997). Management Orientation Perusal of the Table 1 reveals that majority (71.67%) of sugarcane farmers had medium Management Orientation followed by high (15.83%) and low (12.50%) management Orientation. This might be due to the fact that sugarcane crop requires better management at each and every stage of its operations to get high net profit. Year round and timely decisions are essential to cope up with the environmental and human resource management. Morever people might be adopting age old practices (traditional way) without proper resource management. It is in conformity with Reddy (1997). Innovativeness Findings from Table 1 show that majority (65.83%) of the respondents had medium innovativeness followed by high (17.50%) and low (16.67%) levels of innovativeness. The possible reason might be that the farmers with higher education, extension contact and mass media exposure were able to update their knowledge and skills time to time and ready to accept the new technologies in their farming. How ever illiterates and resource poor farmers might be lacking awareness, knowledge and risk taking ability to adopt such technologies. It is in conformity with Hemanth (2002) and Gangadhar (2009) findings. The results of present study indicated that majority of sugarcane farmers are middle and young aged with required educational qualification and there is every chance of motivating them towards adopting sugarcane production technologies so as to enhance sugarcane productivity and also net income. As 104
DEVI et al extension contact and mass media exposure were the major pillars for diffusing information to farming community there is every scope to improve these two components so as to utilize the extension personnel and mass media for strengthening their knowledge and skills. Psychological variables of sugarcane farmers i.e. Social participation, scientific orientation, management orientation and innovativeness were found to be medium and this indicates that these variables are the inherent igniters for the human beings. Hence, there is need to organize training programmes, group discussions, brain storming sessions, exposure visits etc. for sugarcane farmers and provide a platform to utilize these variables effectively in sugarcane cultivation. REFERENCES Gangadhar, M.M. 2009. Communication factors and entrepreneurial behavior of cotton growers. Journal of Research, ANGRAU, Hyderabad. 31(3):62-67. Gattu, K.C. 2001. Production constraints of turmeric cultivation in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. M.Sc. Thesis submitted to Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Gowda, T.A., Babu, C.R., Naidu, G.R and Rao, V.S. 2011. Profile characteristics of sugarcane growers in Mandya district of Karnataka. The Andhra Agricultural Journal. 58(2):236-239. Hemanth, K. B. 2002. A study on attitude, knowledge and adoption of recommended practices by oriental tobacco farmers in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. M.Sc. (Ag.) Thesis, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Latha, S.M. 2002. A study on knowledge and adoption of integrated pest management practices in cotton by farmers in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. M.Sc. (Ag.) Thesis submitted to Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Pandya R.D. 1995. Entrepreneurial behavior of sugarcane farmers. Journal of Extension Education. 6(4): 1299-1301. Reddy, S. 1997. Information Management Behaviour (IMB)-An analysis of sugarcane research, extension and client system. Ph.D.. (Ag.) Thesis. Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Roy, S. 2005. A study on the sustainability of sugarcane cultivation in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. Ph.D.. (Ag.) Thesis submitted to Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad Sangeetha, V. 2004. Training needs of cotton growers of Madurai district of Tamilnadu. M.Sc. (Ag.) Thesis submitted to Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. 105
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