An Analysis of the Personal and Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Beneficiaries of Agro-Advisory Service under Konkan region Naik Sonam1, Patilkhede Bhagyashree1, Wadekar Raju1, Kumar Shalu2,* 1Department of Extension Education, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli-415712, Distt. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India 2Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli-415712, Distt. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India *email: shalukumar18@rediffmail.com
Online published on 15 December, 2016. Abstract The present study was conducted in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. In all there were 63 beneficiaries located in all 32 villages. Detailed analysis of the personal and socio-economic characteristics of the beneficiaries of Agro-advisory service indicated that majority of the beneficiaries of agro-advisory service were middle aged with high school level of education and marginal and semimedium category of land holding.. Majority of the beneficiaries were havingmediumannual income with farming as major occupation with medium farming experience and medium mass media exposure. The statistical analysis was done by using mean, percentage, and standard deviation. Top Keywords Agro-advisory service, beneficiaries, personal, socio-economic characteristics. Top |