Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2021)

Author(s):
Shyam Barme, Vidyanand Manvar and Abhishek Hiwarale

Abstract:
The present study was conducted mainly to study adoption of post-harvest technology by turmeric grower. For the study, the Hingoli district was selected from Marathwada region of Maharashtra state, India due to high area under turmeric production. Two Taluka viz., Vasmat and Aundha (Nagnath) were selected purposively based on maximum number turmeric grower and three villages from both Talukas were selected. From each village twenty respondents were selected constituting the sample size 120. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed by using statistical methods like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient. It was observed that, 66 percent of the turmeric growers belong to middle age group, 30.00 percent educated up to primary school level, 55.83 percent had marginal land holding, 64.16 percent had medium family size, 74.17 percent had annual income i.e. Rs.12097 to Rs. 292071, 41.16 percent had medium social participation, 57.50 percent had medium source of information, 57.50 percent had medium risk orientation,73.33 percent followed the seasonal cropping pattern, 55.83 percent had medium extension contact, 68.33 percent had well and tube well source of irrigation, 57.50 percent had medium market orientation and 43.33 percent received one training.