2023, Vol. 8, Special Issue 4
Knowledge extent of farmers towards farmers producer organisation (FPO) in the Eastern region of Uttar Pradesh
Author(s): Abhinav Singh, RK Doharey, Ritesh Singh, Anurag Shankar Singh, Amritanshu Singh and Sudhanshu
Abstract: The study was carried out in Gorakhpur and Basti District of eastern region of Uttar Pradesh state by conducting a personal interview with 400 FPO members those were selected through a proportionate random sampling technique from 10 FPO and 20 members were selected from each of the FPO. Out of 400 respondents, its 58.25 percent respondents have a high level of knowledge about services provided by FPOs followed by 29.50 percent medium and 12.25 percent have e low level of knowledge. The average mean of scores of knowledge observed to be 13.59 with a range of a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 25. Thus, the total knowledge index was calculated to be 58.25%. Out of 13 variables four variables like caste, education, material possession and risk orientation are highly significant and positively correlated with knowledge while, variables like age, annual income, marital status, type of family, social participation, scientific orientation and extension contact are significant and positively correlated with knowledge rest two variables land holding and size of the family is non-significant.
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Abhinav Singh, RK Doharey, Ritesh Singh, Anurag Shankar Singh, Amritanshu Singh, Sudhanshu. Knowledge extent of farmers towards farmers producer organisation (FPO) in the Eastern region of Uttar Pradesh. Int J Stat Appl Math 2023;8(4S):185-188.