Relationship between profile of the banana growers and their extent of adoption of recommended production technology of banana

Abstract

Banana is the cheapest, plentiful and most nourishing of all fruits. It contains nearly all the essential nutrient including minerals and vitamins and has several medicinal properties. It is a rich source of energy. Bananas are put into varied uses in India, especially in south India. Almost every part of the plant is used someway or other. The banana fruits are used for desert purposes, making chips and culinary purposes. The varieties like Poovan, Rasthali, Robusta, dwarf Cavandish are grown for table purpose Gujarat state has twenty-five districts in which Navsari district is high potentially districts for banana production. This district was purposely selected for the present study. Navsari district has six talukasviz., Navsari, Gandevi, Chikhli, Vansada, Khergam, Jalalportaluka were selected purposively by considering banana production technology cultivation of banana fruit crop. Four villages were randomly selected from selected taluka. Thus, the total number of villages for the study was Twenty-four. From each village, 5 banana growers wererandomly selected. Thus, total 120 respondents were selected for this studied. Out of fourteen variables education, annual income, social participation, extension contacts characteristic of banana growers found positively and significantly associated with extent of adoption of banana production technology.