Assessment of adoption level of recommended rangini lac (Kerria lacca) production technology among the trible population of Chhattisgarh state

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the adoption level of recommended rangini lac (Kerria lacca) production technology among the tribal population of Chhattisgarh state. To serve this purpose, a sample size of 120 respondents were selected from 2 blocks of Korba district during the year 2018-19. The primary data were collected from each respondents personally with the help of pre structured interview schedule. The findings of the study highlighted that most of the respondents (38.33%) had medium level of scientific orientation and 68.34 per cent had medium knowledge level about recommended rangini lac production technology. With regard to practice wise Adoption Index it was found that maximum value (100.00%) was noticed in the case of ‘Scraping of lac after harvesting’, while the minimum value (44.16%) was recorded for ‘Diseases and their control measures’. Whereas, in case of overall adoption level it was found that 68.34 percent of respondents had medium adoption level for recommended rangini lac production technology.