ATTITUDE OF OKRA GROWERS TOWARDS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN TAPI DISTRICT OF SOUTH GUJARAT

S.S. SHINDE¹*, R.D. PANDYA², S.B. SHINDE³, P.A. GHADGE^4
1Department of Extension Education, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari, 396450, Gujarat, India
²Department of Extension Education, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari, 396450, Gujarat, India
³Department of Extension Education, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 413722, India
⁴Department of Extension Education, PVDP College of Agriculture, Ambi, Pune, 410506, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, 413722, India
* Corresponding Author : sudhirshinde20@gmail.com

Received : 29-08-2017     Accepted : 01-09-2017     Published : 06-09-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 41       Pages : 4648 - 4649
Int J Agr Sci 9.41 (2017):4648-4649

Keywords : Attitude, Public private partnership, and Okra growers
Academic Editor : Dr Vishal Game, Ashutosh Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Thanks to all farmers for their responses regarding my research. We are thankful to Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari, 396450, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The study on Attitude of Okra growers towards Public Private Partnership was conducted in Tapi district of Gujarat state during 2012-13. The number of respondents selected for the study was 100. The data was collected by personal interview method. Regarding attitude it was revealed that majority of the okra growers of PPP (65.00 per cent) had favorable attitude towards PPP followed by 19.00 and 16.00 per cent of them had less favorable and highly favorable attitude towards PPP respectively.

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