Attitude and Training Need Assessment of Farmers in Adoption of Dryland Agricultural Practices in Barmer District of Rajasthan

摘要

The present study was conducted in Bothiya Jagir village from Barmer district of Rajasthan during the year 2017-18. Objectives of study were assessing the socio-economic profile of the farmers, attitude of farmers towards adoption of dry land agricultural practices and assessing of their training need. The data were collected personally from respondents by using pre-tested and well structured interview and data were analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools i.e. frequency, percentage and mean score. The findings of the reveals that the 72.00% of the respondents were belonged to the middle age group, 38.00% of the respondents were educated up to high school level, 52.00% were be-longed to Other Backward Caste and having small size of family (48.00%). As regards to attitude towards dry land agricultural practices. 60.00% of the respondents expressed more favorable attitude towards dry land agricultural practices.