An Analysis of Farmers Extent of Adoption and Knowledge of Bt. Cotton in the Jangaon District of Telangana, India

Manga Srikanth and Jahanara

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2022, vol. 40, issue 10, 6

Abstract: The study was conducted in Jangaon district of Telangana during the year 2022. The main purpose of this study is to measure the Extent of Adoption and knowledge of Bt cotton in Jangaon District of Telangana. A total 120 respondents were selected purposively from six villages under Lingala ghanpur block because most of the respondents were cotton growers. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study and data was collected by personal interview method by using pre structured interview schedule. This study revealed that the respondents (49.17%) had medium level of adoption followed by low (31.66%) and high (19.16%) levels of adoption among the respondents and also the most of the respondents (38.33%) had high level of knowledge on Bt. Cotton Adoption followed by medium (35%) and low (26.66%) levels of knowledge.

Keywords: Institutional; and; Behavioral; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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