Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices Regarding Pineapple Cultivation in Sepahijala District of Tripura

Abstract

The study was conducted in Sepahijala District of Tripura to measure the Adoption of recommended cultivation practices regarding Pineapple cultivation. A total number of 120 respondents were selected randomly from five villages under Mohanbhog block which were selected purposively because productivity, production and area under Pineapple cultivation were found to be maximum. The data were collected by personnel interview method by using pre structured interview schedule and later appropriate statistical analysis was done to find out the meaningful results. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents 60.00 per cent belonged to the middle- aged, 23.34 per cent had medium level of education and majority of the respondents annual income was between Rs 80,000 – Rs2lakh. The findings also revealed that 51.67 % had medium level of knowledge followed by 32.50% and 15.83% of the respondents with low and high levels of knowledge regarding improved Pineapple production practices. It was found that the independent variables i.e. Age, Caste, Education, Size of family, Land holding, Annual income, Farming experience, Extension agent contact, Social participation, Mass media exposure, source of information and Risk orientation & Economic motivation were positively and significantly correlated with knowledge of Pineapple growers towards Pineapple production practices at 0.01% of probability. Therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted for these variable, where as variable Occupation & Decision making ability availed was negatively and significantly correlated with the knowledge of Pineapple growers towards Pineapple production practices at 0.01% of probability respectively.