Study on adoption behaviour of improved onion production technology of onion grower in Bharuch district in Gujarat

Abstract

Bharuch district in Gujarat is one of the important areas for vegetables farming with great potential for onion production. In district 89 ha areas in onion cultivation and 1686 MT production in district. It was found that the majority of the farmers are still coverging behind the adoption of improved onion production technology in the area. It thus, becomes necessary to assess the adoption behaviour of onion growers; towards improved onion production technology therefore the 120 farmers were selected using proportionate allocation method from small, medium and large farmers. This study depicted that majority of the onion growers 37.05 percent were found to have medium adoption behaviour of overall technology followed by high adoption behaviour 35.83 percent and low adoption behaviour 26.66 percent in respect of overall onion production technology respectively.