Study of relationship between profile of awardee farmer with cropping pattern followed by awardee farmers in Marathwada region

Abstract

The present study was conducted with specific objectives in Marathwada region. The relationship of the characteristics of the awardee farmers namely farming experience, land holding, area under irrigation, occupation, annual income, training received, award received, information seeking behaviour, management orientation and productivity level with cropping pattern was found to be positive and significant. It was however, observed that the relationship between age and education of the respondents and the cropping pattern was non-significant.