International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 1
First page : (898) Last page : (902)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5065
The Analysis of Personal, Socio- Economic and Psychological Characteristics of the Farmers who Borrowed Crop Loan along with their Level of Attitude towards Crop Loan
Gottemukkula Bhavani*, D. M. Mankar, P. P. Bhople and Neeta Deokate
Department of Extension Education, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.), India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: bhavanig0712@gmail.com
Received: 27.06.2017 | Revised: 30.07.2017 | Accepted: 6.08.2017
ABSTRACT
The paper is focused on analyzing the personal, socio- economic and psychological characteristics of farmers who borrowed crop loan. An ex- post facto research design was adopted to conduct the study in Akola district of Maharashtra. Two blocks were selected purposively based on highest amount of crop loan disbursement during (year). From each block five villages were selected purposively based on highest number of crop loan farmers. From each village 10 farmers were selected based on random sampling, thus a total of 100 respondents selected for investigation. Variables under investigation were considered and subjected to different statistical analysis for the purpose of categorization of respondents and other related components. The data was collected by personal interview method through pre- tested structural interview schedule. The collected data coded, tabulated and employed appropriate statistical procedures to analyze and interpret the data. The findings regarding respondents profile revealed that nearly one half of the respondents were old aged, nearly one- third of them were educated up to middle school and more than half of the respondents had small size land holding. Majority of the respondents had their annual income up 1, 00,000, Half of the respondents were not having any irrigation sources, more than half of them follow bi seasonal cropping pattern and majority of the respondents have medium level of mass media exposure.
Key words: Crop loan, personal socio- economic and psychological characteristics, ex- post facto research design.
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Cite this article: Bhavani, G., Mankar, D.M., Bhople, P.P. and Deokate, N., The Analysis of Personal, Socio- Economic and Psychological Characteristics of the Farmers who Borrowed Crop Loan along with their Level of Attitude towards Crop Loan, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(1): 898-902 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5065
