Overall Technological gap among coconut growers

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab.101.19

Abstract:
The present study was conducted during 2022–2023 in Tumkur district of Karnataka, employing an ex-post-facto research design to assess the overall technological gap among coconut farmers. Tumkur was purposively selected due to its prominence as a major coconut-producing area in the state. Based on the variations in productivity, four out of the ten taluks namely Tiptur, Turuvekere, Chikkanayakanahalli, and Sira were chosen for the study. A total of 120 coconut growers, comprising 30 randomly selected respondents from each taluk, participated in the research. It was observed that, in case of Tiptur taluk significant number of coconut growers (56.66 %) came under the low level of technological gap. In case of Turuvekere taluk three-fifth of the coconut growers (60.00 %) came under medium level of technological gap. In case of Chikkanayakanahalli taluk half of the coconut growers (50.00 %) came into the high level of technological gap. Whereas in the case of Sira taluk three-fifth of the coconut growers (60.00 %) fell under the high level of technological gap. Overall it was found that significant number of coconut growers (42.50 %) fall under medium level of technological gap to high level of technological gap (32.50 %) followed by low level of technological gap (25.00 %).

Keywords:
Coconut growers, Overall, Technological gap, Tumkur

Article Info:
Received: 27 Jan 2025; Received in revised form: 19 Feb 2025; Accepted: 24 Feb 2025; Available online: 27 Feb 2025

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