A study on adoption of sericultural practices by sericulturists

摘要

The study was undertaken in 13 villages in Parbhani and Hingoli districts of Maharashtra state with the objective to appraise the level of adoption of recommended sericultural practices and to identify the personal, socio-economic and psychological characteristics determining the level of adoption. The results based on interview of 80 sericulturists revealed that 46.25 per cent respondents' adoption level was high, whereas, that of 37.50 per cent and 16.25 per cent respondents' was medium and low, respectively. The factors such as education, income and social participation, extension contact, mass media use, cosmopoliteness and risk orientation were found to have positive relationship with adoption while age showed negative relationship with it. The contribution of education and cosmopoliteness was significant too.