2024, Vol. 9, Special Issue 5

The present study was conducted to study attitude of farmers regarding Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The study was conducted in North Gujarat. From North Gujarat, three districts and from each selected district three talukas were purposively selected. Five villages from each taluka and from each village eight crop insured farmers were selected randomly. Multistage sampling method was followed for selection of the crop-insured farmers. Thus, total 360 crops insured farmers were selected as sample size. The data was collected through personal interview and it was compiled, tabulated and analyzed to get proper answer with the help of various appropriate statistical tools. From the result of the study, it can be concluded that 66.11 per cent crop-insured farmers had favourable level of attitude towards PMFBY. Out of thirteen independent variables, 10 variables viz., age (0.336), education (0.513), farming experience (0.141), land holding (0.509), annual income (0.511), economic motivation (0.660), decision-making ability (0.679), social participation (0.579), source of information (0.635) and extension participation (0.714) had positive and strong relationship with their attitude towards PMFBY.