EXTENT OF AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AMONG THE TRIBAL AND NON-TRIBAL FARMERS OF SABARKANTHA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE

M.M. PRAJAPATI¹*, M.R. PRAJAPATI², R.N. PATEL³, H.N. JOSHI^4
1Department of Extension Education, C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India
²C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India
³Department of Extension Education, C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India
⁴Department of Horticulture, C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : mayurext@gmail.com

Received : 09-07-2015     Accepted : 28-08-2015     Published : 01-10-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 6       Pages : 550 - 553
Int J Agr Sci 7.6 (2015):550-553

Keywords : Tribal, Non-tribal, Agricultural Modernization
Academic Editor : Kumar Jitendra, Bhaliya C. M., Mittal Pallavi, Ranganath Karanjalker Gourish
Conflict of Interest : None declared

Agricultural modernization means improvement in farming system, infrastructure facilities, promotion of cultivation practices, crop diversification and value addition process. Agricultural modernization is not purely technological or economic problem. It is frequently dependent on an understanding of the society in which it is to take place, a knowledge of the social and cultural factors that condition farmers responsiveness to technological change is essential. To measure the agricultural modernization of the farmers a teacher made test was developed. The teacher made test of agricultural modernization of the farmers was consisted of major thirteen criteria and each criteria was given score by conference method of the teachers. Then, total 200 score of agricultural modernization test was determined. The majority of the tribal (84.55%) and non-tribal (85.46%) of the respondents having low to medium extent of AMI. The tribal farmers differ significantly from non-tribal farmers with respect to their extent of AMI. The independent variables viz., age, size of family, land holding, livestock possession and cosmopoliteness were found significantly related with AMI of tribal respondents, In case of non-tribal respondents all 10 selected independent variables were found to be significantly associated with AMI.