P. Sadvi
M.Sc.Scholor
College of Agriculture
PJTSAU, Rajendranagar
Hyderabad-500030, India
M. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Principal Scientist and Programme Coordinator
KVK, Palem
I. Sreenivasa Rao
Professor and Head
Department of Agricultural Extension
College of Agriculture
PJTSAU, Rajendranagar
Hyderabad-500030, India
Abstract
Rice is the world’s most important crop and is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population.Telangana is one of the states of the country suitable for hybrid rice seed production. Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad districts of the state are congenial for hybrid rice seed production. Karimnagar is considered as one of the potential district of Telangana state for Hybrid rice seed production. This hybrid rice seed production is taken up both by the public and private sectors in a big way.Hence, a study was taken up to find out the profile characteristics of hybrid rice seed growers and the relationship of these characteristics with their adoption level of hybrid rice seed growers in Karimnagar district of Telangana state. The result of the study revealed that education, trainings undergone, annual income, achievement motivation and information management behaviour were found to be positively significant at 0.05 level of probability with their extent of Adoption of hybrid rice seed production technology. Whereas scientific orientation is found to be positively significant at 0.01 level of probability with their extent of adoption of hybrid rice seed production technologies. Age, farming experience, socio-political participation and extension contact had non-significant relationship with their extent of adoption of hybrid rice seed production technology.
Key words: Hybrid Rice Seed production, Adoption, Karimnagar, Telangana
