Adoption behavior of improved black gram cultivation practices: Study of west Singhbhum district in Jharkhand

Abstract

Research study entitled “Study on Adoption Behavior of Improved Black Gram Cultivation Practices in West Singhbhum District in Jharkhand” was undertaken to study the personal profile characteristics of framers, knowledge and adoption of the respondents towards black gram cultivation technique and aims to analyze the constraints paced by them during the cultivation. This study was carried out in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand in one selected block. 120 farmers were taken randomly as respondents as sample size. The respondents were interviewed personally by a well-structured interview schedule. The collected data were analyzed with the help of suitable statistical techniques to draw appropriate conclusions. The study reveals that the majority of the respondents were having medium.