COMMUNICATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FARM LABOURERS

B.B. BHINGARDE¹, S.S. SADAPHAL²*, S.B. BHANGE³, S.D. PATIL^4
1Department of Extension Education, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, Maharashtra, India
²Communication Centre, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri- 413 722, Maharashtra, India
³Department of Extension Education, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, Maharashtra, India
⁴Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri- 413 722, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : sachinsadaphal@gmail.com

Received : 09-04-2016     Accepted : 16-04-2016     Published : 21-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 21       Pages : 1369 - 1370
Int J Agr Sci 8.21 (2016):1369-1370

Keywords : Farm labourers, communicational, psychological and social characteristics
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The farm labourers are the base level, class four employees of Agricultural University, who shoulder the major responsibility of successfully carrying out the field work. Therefore there is a need to study the communicational, psychological and social characteristics of the farm labourers. Accordingly, present research was undertaken to study the communicational, psychological and social characteristics of farm labourers. The study was conducted by selecting the 222 farm labourers in Pune, Dhule, Kolhapur and Rahuri region of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state in India. The result therefore indicates that, during the work period, farm labourers used limited source of information. Therefore, majority of the respondent farm labourers had medium and moderate level source of information. Majority of the respondents are having medium and moderate level of knowledge. Majority had low to medium level of social participation and cosmopoliteness. This might be due to low level of education and also they are doing routine work in their service. The study will be helpful to policy makers and extension personnel to formulate proper action plan to change communicational, psychological and social characteristics of farm labourers.