1Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, College of Agriculture, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263145, UK, India
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai-625104, Tamil Nadu, India
Email for correspondence: esakkimuthu418@yahoo.com
Online published on 2 May, 2018.
The study was carried out to find out the relationship and influence of social-economic-communication-psychological characteristics of the respondents/farmers on adoption of eco-friendly crop management practices. The study included 120 farmers from five intensive cultivation practicing villages of Cumbum block of Theni district in Tamil Nadu. The respondents were interviewed personally by a well-structured and pretested interview schedule. Percentage analysis, cumulative frequency, correlation coefficient and multiple regression were used to analyse the collected data. Age, farm waste disposal behaviour and adoption behaviour of integrated pest management (IPM) showed a positive and significant while the livestock possession, innovativeness and scientific orientation showed a negative and significant contribution to adoption of eco-friendly crop management practices of the respondents.
Adoption, eco-friendly, intensive cultivation, scientific orientation, characteristics
