Psychological attributes of turmeric growers about turmeric production technology

Abstract

The study was conducted during the years in 2015-16 and 2016-17 to know the psychological attributes of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries farmers about turmeric production technology. A sample of 320 farmers (160 beneficiaries and 160 non-beneficiaries) was selected randomly. The special designed schedule was used for collection of data. The qualitative data were quantified using suitable statistical tools. The findings reveal that majority of the respondents (72.81%) had medium level of scientific orientation. Majority of the respondents (80.31%) had medium level of risk orientation. More than half of the respondents (52.19%) had medium cosmopoliteness. I was found that majority of the respondents (63.75%) had medium level of achievement motivation. It was also found that majority of the respondents (75.00%) had medium level of economic motivation.