Socio-Economic Profile of Shrimp Farmers and its Influence on the Extent of Adoption of Shrimp Culture Technologies

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dc.contributor.authorLekshmi, P.S. Swathi
dc.contributor.authorChandrakandan, K
dc.contributor.authorKumaran, M
dc.contributor.authorBalasubramani, N
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-09T05:12:23Z
dc.date.available2021-11-09T05:12:23Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe study of the socio-economic profile of shrimp farmers of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu revealed that 40% of the shrimp farmers had collegiate level of education, and they had medium levels of farming experience, information seeking behaviour, extension contact, economic motivation and risk orientation. The results of correlation analysis revealed that of the seventeen independent variables studied eleven independent variables had positive and significant relationship with the extent of adoption of shrimp culture technologies by shrimp farmers of Nellore. Among the shrimp farmers of Nagapattinam, seven independent variables had positive and significant relationship with the extent of adoption. The results of step wise multiple regression analysis revealed that variables such as information seeking behaviour, credit orientation and material possession explained 48% of the variation in the extent of adoption by shrimp farmers of Nellore and variables like extension contact, risk orientation, farming experience, type of ownership, annual income and material possession explained 84 percent of the variation in the extent of adoption by shrimp farmers of Nagapattinamen_US
dc.identifier.citationFishery Tech 42(2):225-230en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.cift.res.in/handle/123456789/5288
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSociety of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochinen_US
dc.subjectShrimp farmers, socio-economic profile, shrimp culture technologies, extent of adoptionen_US
dc.titleSocio-Economic Profile of Shrimp Farmers and its Influence on the Extent of Adoption of Shrimp Culture Technologiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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