Farmers’ Perception Towards Adoption of Organic Vegetable Production Technologies in Longleng District of Nagaland, India

Abstract

This study was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Longleng district of Nagaland with a sample size of 150 in the two blocks namely Longleng and Sakshi. The method of summated rating suggested by Likert (1932) was followed in the development of a scale to measure the attitude of farmers towards the organic farming with 20 statements. A survey method through face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The Findings of the study showed that the majority of the respondents (51.3%) were between the ages of 35 and 50 years i.e., most of the farmers were middle aged in their economically active stage. It was also observed that 55.3 per cent of the respondents were male whereas 44.7 per cent were female. In case of educational qualification, 48.7 per cent of the respondents studied up to secondary followed by higher secondary (20 %). 42 per cent of the respondents were categorized as small farmers followed by medium farmers (30%), marginal farmers (19.3%) and large farmers (8.7%). It was also found from the study that 46.7 per cent of the respondents had favourable attitude towards adoption of organic vegetable production technologies. However, the study also indicated that the most prominent attitudinal statement as ranked first with mean score 4.59 by the farmers was that organic farming will keep environment free from pollution followed by organic farming strengthens the use of indigenous knowledge (4.43) ranked 2nd.