Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Desai AV, Mandavkar PM, Shetye VN, Malve DB and Konduskar MJ

Abstract:
The present study explored profile characteristics of farmers about training needs of sugarcane growers in Sindhudurg district. For the study Sindhudurg district were purposively selected from Konkan region of Maharashtra state. Two talukas viz., Vaibhavwadi and Kankavli from Sindhudurg district were selected purposively based on maximum area under sugarcane cultivation and five villages from each taluka were selected. From each village twelve respondents were selected randomly. The constituting total sample size is 120. The Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. A well-structured questionnaire designed for study was used for collecting the data from respondents through personal interview method. The data collections from the respondents were edited tabulated and analyzed using suitable statistical tools like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square and Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. The study was noticed that, the profile characteristics of farmers concluded from the present study that majorities of respondents were having middle age group (58.00%), education up to secondary school (43.34%). Also clearly observed that majority of farmers had medium family size (66.00%) and belong to marginal land holding (62.50%), medium area under sugarcane (59.16%), medium yield from sugarcane (60.00%), medium income from sugarcane (80.00%), medium farming experience (48.33%), medium irrigation status (70.83%), medium level use of mass media (59.16%), medium level of material possession (75.83%).