Author(s):

H Philip and P Sivaraj

Abstract: The study was conducted among certified organic farmers of western zone Tamil Nadu. A sample size of 180 organic farmers was selected from the districts of Coimbatore, Erode and Tiruppur districts of Tamil Nadu. Ex post facto research design evolved for this study. Data was collected through personnel interview method with help of semi structured interview schedule. From the findings of the study nearly two-third (68.89%) of the certified organic farmers belonged to old age category followed by middle and young. More than one -third (35.00%) of the certified organic farmers had possessed collegiate education followed by secondary (27.77%), middle (22.22%), primary education (9.45%), functionally literate (3.34%) and only negligible per cent of the certified organic farmers were classified as illiterate. Majority (41.12%) of the certified organic farmers acquired on annual income up to Rs. 1,00,000. Slightly more than two-fifth (44.45%) of the certified organic farmers fell under big farmer category, followed by medium (40.55%) and small farmers category (8.88%). More than one third (35. 56%) of the certified organic farmers had low level of farming experience in organic farming, followed by high and medium. Nearly half (47.22%) of the certified organic farmers were practicing mixed cropping pattern followed by double cropping and mono cropping with 36.12 per cent and 16.66 per cent, respectively. Nearly half (47.78%) of the certified organic farmers were depending on bore well as a primary irrigation source followed by open + bore well (28.33%), open well (17.77%) and only 6.12 per cent were canal alone as irrigation source. Majority (40.00%) of the certified organic farmers have attended more than three trainings in organic farming, followed by one training (20.56%) and two trainings (16.67%). More than half (52.22%) of the certified organic farmers possessed medium level of mass media exposure and majority (64.45%) of the certified organic farmers had medium level of extension agency contact followed by high and low.

Pages: 437-441  |  1003 Views  221 Downloads

Download (443KB)