Vol. 12, Issue 1 (2023)

Author(s):
Hiwarale AS, Manvar VS, Bhosale GB, Hadolikar SB and Gohade GR

Abstract:
The present study was conducted on topic "Technological gap in adoption of recommended cultivation practices of Sweet orange growers" to find out technological gap. The present study was purposively conducted in Jalna district of Marathwada region in 2021-22. The study was conducted in purposively selected talukas namely Jalna, Ghansawangi and Ambad of Jalna district. The sample constituted 120 sweet orange growers from 12 villages which is 10 respondents from each village. Ex-post facto research design was used for present study. Data from the respondents were collected by personally interviewing with the help of structured and pretested interview schedule. Collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed by using statistical methods or tools like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient. Among the 120 selected sweet orange growers more than half (69.17%) were having medium overall technological gap followed by 17.50 and 13.33 percent had low and high overall technological gap in adoption recommended cultivation practices of sweet orange, respectively. The composite technological gap of selected ten practices was 33.69 percent. It clearly indicates that the selected ten recommended sweet orange cultivation practices were followed by the majority of sweet orange growers (66.31%) as per the recommendations.