Attitude of farmers towards crop loan in Akola district

Abstract

The study entitled “Attitude of farmers towards crop loan in Akola district” was conducted in Akola district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra state. For present study, 10 villages from each blocks of Akola and Murtizapur were selected purposively by using random sampling method. Findings revealed that majority (65.00%) of respondents have favorable attitude towards crop loan. From relational analysis by correlation coefficient it was inferred that among selected variables education, extension contact, mass media exposure, risk orientation were found positively and significantly correlated at 0.01 percent level of probability. In case of other variables like age had shown negative and significant relationship with the level of attitude towards crop loan. The finding of multiple regression analysis revealed that among selected variables education, land holding and mass media exposure were found to be contributing positively and significantly to the level of attitude towards crop loan at 0.01 level of significance.