Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
AS Pawar and VM Yadav

Abstract:
Organic farming is getting popular day by day. The pollution in general and poisoning of food, that we eat with harmful chemicals and their effect on human health and environment is making people to look for organic food. NGO's along with successful organic farmers had a big role to play in bringing organic farming to this level today. There are several states in India, which have declared organic policy with an intent to make the entire state organic in the near future. The present study was conducted with regard to profile of organic growers. Major findings of study was 59.00 percent and 86.00 percent of respondent’s belonged to marginal irrigated and rainfed land holding category. Majority (60.00) of respondents had medium area under organic vegetables. 43.00 percent of respondents had 6 year experience in organic farming. 75.00 percent had medium extension contact. Near about one third of respondents (35.00%) were noticed in category of medium mass media exposure. 56.00 percent was noticed in medium risk orientation category. 95.00 percent of the respondents belonged to medium category of innovative proneness and medium Economic motivation.