Madras Agricultural Journal
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PROFILE AND EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF THE USE PRACTICES OF PLANT PROTECTION APPLIANCES BY OWNER AND HIRER FARMERS

Abstract

The study was carried out in a randomly selected four Assistant Agricultural Officers (AAO) segments in V.O. Chidambaranar district. The respondents were post stratified as 30 owner farmers" those who owned sprayer and 50 hirer farmers-those who did not own the sprayer. Data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. The owner farmers differed significantly from hirer farmers in their profile with more score for owner farmers. There was significant difference in the extent of adoption of use adopters of use practices than the hirer farmers.

Keywords: Owner farmer, Hirer farmers, Plant protection appliances. Profile, Adoption of use practices.

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