Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan
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Resumo: | Citrus is the leading fruit of Pakistan and famous worldwide especially kinnow cultivar because of its pleasant taste and remarkable quality. The yield of citrus per hectare in Pakistan is almost half of potential due to non-adoption of recommended horticultural practices by citrus growers. Adopting a decision regarding the improvement of practices is usually influenced by various factors including farmers' socio-economic attributes. In order to determine the relationship between socio-economic aspects and the awareness and adoption of recommended citrus production practices the present study was carried out in Sargodha district from central Punjab, Pakistan. The Study was based upon cross sectional survey research design due to availability of sampling frame, probability (random sampling) was applied for sample selection. Through random sampling, 120 citrus growers were selected as sample. Structured questionnaire administered through interview was used as a research instrument. Analysis of the data collected from the targeted citrus growers revealed a highly significant influence of education on awareness and adoption. Moreover, significant association was found between citrus cultivation area and awareness and adoption of improved practices. Age also showed significant association with awareness and adoption. Moreover, dominancy of middle aged farmers and illiteracyin the study area strongly point the need of provision of formal and non-formal education and training program for farmers. Young generation needs to be focused and reorientation of youth clubs may help in better way to gain the utmost outcome. |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistanawarenessadoptioncitrushorticulturalagri. extensionCitrus is the leading fruit of Pakistan and famous worldwide especially kinnow cultivar because of its pleasant taste and remarkable quality. The yield of citrus per hectare in Pakistan is almost half of potential due to non-adoption of recommended horticultural practices by citrus growers. Adopting a decision regarding the improvement of practices is usually influenced by various factors including farmers' socio-economic attributes. In order to determine the relationship between socio-economic aspects and the awareness and adoption of recommended citrus production practices the present study was carried out in Sargodha district from central Punjab, Pakistan. The Study was based upon cross sectional survey research design due to availability of sampling frame, probability (random sampling) was applied for sample selection. Through random sampling, 120 citrus growers were selected as sample. Structured questionnaire administered through interview was used as a research instrument. Analysis of the data collected from the targeted citrus growers revealed a highly significant influence of education on awareness and adoption. Moreover, significant association was found between citrus cultivation area and awareness and adoption of improved practices. Age also showed significant association with awareness and adoption. Moreover, dominancy of middle aged farmers and illiteracyin the study area strongly point the need of provision of formal and non-formal education and training program for farmers. Young generation needs to be focused and reorientation of youth clubs may help in better way to gain the utmost outcome.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2015-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015000901701Ciência Rural v.45 n.9 2015reponame:Ciência Ruralinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM10.1590/0103-8478cr20131227info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAshraf,SaleemKhan,Ghazanfar AliAli,ShoukatIftikhar,Muhammadeng2015-08-31T00:00:00ZRevista |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan Ashraf,Saleem awareness adoption citrus horticultural agri. extension |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Socio-economic determinants of the awareness and adoption of citrus production practices in Pakistan |
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Ashraf,Saleem |
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Ashraf,Saleem Khan,Ghazanfar Ali Ali,Shoukat Iftikhar,Muhammad |
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Khan,Ghazanfar Ali Ali,Shoukat Iftikhar,Muhammad |
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Ashraf,Saleem Khan,Ghazanfar Ali Ali,Shoukat Iftikhar,Muhammad |
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awareness adoption citrus horticultural agri. extension |
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awareness adoption citrus horticultural agri. extension |
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Citrus is the leading fruit of Pakistan and famous worldwide especially kinnow cultivar because of its pleasant taste and remarkable quality. The yield of citrus per hectare in Pakistan is almost half of potential due to non-adoption of recommended horticultural practices by citrus growers. Adopting a decision regarding the improvement of practices is usually influenced by various factors including farmers' socio-economic attributes. In order to determine the relationship between socio-economic aspects and the awareness and adoption of recommended citrus production practices the present study was carried out in Sargodha district from central Punjab, Pakistan. The Study was based upon cross sectional survey research design due to availability of sampling frame, probability (random sampling) was applied for sample selection. Through random sampling, 120 citrus growers were selected as sample. Structured questionnaire administered through interview was used as a research instrument. Analysis of the data collected from the targeted citrus growers revealed a highly significant influence of education on awareness and adoption. Moreover, significant association was found between citrus cultivation area and awareness and adoption of improved practices. Age also showed significant association with awareness and adoption. Moreover, dominancy of middle aged farmers and illiteracyin the study area strongly point the need of provision of formal and non-formal education and training program for farmers. Young generation needs to be focused and reorientation of youth clubs may help in better way to gain the utmost outcome. |
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