Correlation analysis and socio-demographic profile of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) growers in Gulbarga district

Abstract

The study was conducted in Gulbarga district of North East Karnataka region during the year 2014-15. The 120 respondents were selected from the district as sample size and the purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the relevant data. The data was elicited through personnel interview method and analyzed using mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage and correlation. Majority (44.17 %) of the respondents had medium level of knowledge and one third (41.67 %) of the respondents belonged to medium level of adoption category of about post-harvest management practice. Out of eleven variable studied one important variable annual income were highly significant (P<0.01) with knowledge level while a significant relationship (P<0.05) was observed with education, achievement motivation and economic motivation of Peogenpea growers. Variables like education and annual income exerted highest positive correlation coefficient (P<0.01) with extent of adoption of post-harvest management practices. Variable like education, Achievement motivation and Economic motivation had positive significant relationship (P<0.05) with extent of adoption.