Abstract :
The findings revealed that 105 (52.50%) of total pea growers were found to be from medium adoption level group, whereas, 43 (21.50%) respondents were reported from the group of low adoption level and 52 (26.00%) respondents were in the high adoption level. The study further revealed that 23.00 per cent marginal farmers were in the high adoption level and 28.00 per cent marginal farmers were in the low adoption level, while 49.00 per cent marginal pea growers were found in the medium adoption category. In case of small farmers’ category it was observed that 15.00, 56.00 and 29.00 per cent respondents had low, medium and high level of adoption, respectively about pea production practices in the study area. It was noted that the extent of adoption in marginal farmers was from 23.70 to 73.20 per cent, while in case of small farmers the extent of adoption was from 30.37 to 74.12 per cent in all improved pea cultivation practices. Further it was found that small farmers had more extent of adoption than marginal farmers but there still exists a gap in the adoption of improved pea cultivation practices. The findings indicated that there was significant difference between marginal and small farmers in adoption of improved pea production technology. Hence, it is concluded that there was significant difference between marginal and small farmers in adoption of improved pea production technology.
Keyword :
Pea growers, Adoption behaviour, Small farmers