Vol. 10, Special Issue 7 (2021)

Author(s):
Raghav Shilpkar, Siddharth Namdeo, Ramesh Chand Fogya and Dr. MK Dubey

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in Kundam block of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh to know the socio-economic characteristics of mung bean growers and their adoption level. The sample size was 120 for the study spread over 12 villages of Kundam block. For the study independent variables namely age, socio economic status (SES), caste, occupation, education, land holding, social participation, house, farm power, material possession, family type and size, mass media exposure, extension participation, risk preference, annual income and area under mung bean crop were selected. The data revealed that majority of mung bean growers (52.50%) had medium adoption level followed by (40.83%) had low adoption level and only 6.67 per cent had high adoption level about mung bean production technology. The variable age, socio economic status (SES), occupation, education, land holding, social participation, farm power, family type, family size, extension participation, risk preference, annual income and area under mung bean crop had positive and significant relationship with adoption level of mung bean growers while caste, house, material possession and mass media exposure had non-significant relationship with adoption level.