DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTION OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN JUNAGADH DISTRICT

M. VENNILA¹, C.D. LAKHLANI², S.M. TRIVEDI³*
¹Institute of Agribusiness Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 36200, India
²Institute of Agribusiness Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 36200, India
³Institute of Agribusiness Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 36200, India
* Corresponding Author : trivedishilpa@jau.in

Received : 07-07-2018     Accepted : 13-07-2018     Published : 15-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 13       Pages : 6628 - 6630
Int J Agr Sci 10.13 (2018):6628-6630

Keywords : Users, Non Users, Organic Fertilizers
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 36200, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The study was carried out at Junagadh district of Gujarat state in the year 2018. Multi-stage random sampling was used to select the samples for the study. The data were collected by personal interview method, analyzed through various appropriate statistical tools. Discriminant function analysis was used to identify the factors discriminating users and non-users of organic fertilizers. From the study, it was concluded that the variables like age, level of education, irrigation facility, social participation and total cost of manures are the variables discriminate among users and non-users of organic fertilizers

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