Determinants of Utility Perception of Soybean Growers about Recommended Cultivation Technologies

摘要

Agricultural technologies could be viable only when they are used by farmers. But more terrible would it have been if the farmer's perception of these technologies is not only low but wrong. Hence the present investigation was carried out in Akola Panchayat Samiti ofAkola district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State by conducting field survey with exploratory research design of social research. Total 150 soybean growers constituted the sample for present investigation wlw cultivated soybean cropcontinuously since last five years. Tlie key findings oftlie present study revealed that relatively higher proportion of soybean growers possessed medium level of utility perception about recommended technologies of soybean crop. The multiple regressionanalysis inferred that among all independent variables socio-economic status, knowledge and attitude were the most important contributory variables for increasing the utility perception of soybean growers about recommended technologies. So, it is necessary to raise the knowledge and attitude level of soybean growers about the recommended technologies. It will be definitely helpful for increasing the utility perception and ultimately the productivity which again helps for raising the socio-economic condition of the soybean growers. In this context, it is implied that the information regarding recommended practices should be disseminated to the soybean growers by extension functionaries.