Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
The farm lands in the Western Ghats ecosystem of India had been losing its fertility, bio diversity and ecological uniqueness due to long use of chemical fertilizers, commercial farm management practices and chemical pesticides. To solve these issues, adopting eco-friendly farming practices is one o...
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| description | The farm lands in the Western Ghats ecosystem of India had been losing its fertility, bio diversity and ecological uniqueness due to long use of chemical fertilizers, commercial farm management practices and chemical pesticides. To solve these issues, adopting eco-friendly farming practices is one of the major solutions. The study aimed to analyse the attitude of farmers in Western ghats towards eco-friendly conservation practices. Majority of the farmers had moderately favorable attitude towards eco -friendly farming practices. Regression analysis suggested that the leadership abilities and contact with extension agency had significant contribution with the attitude level of farmers towards the eco-friendly farming practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d2f0fad1b8b4e2b9d8123837cede3092022-12-21T19:11:21ZengExtension Education SocietyJournal of Extension Education0971-31232456-12822019-07-0130410.26725/JEE.2018.4.30.6177-6182172Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil NaduL Muralikrishnan0H Philip1ICAR-IARITamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityThe farm lands in the Western Ghats ecosystem of India had been losing its fertility, bio diversity and ecological uniqueness due to long use of chemical fertilizers, commercial farm management practices and chemical pesticides. To solve these issues, adopting eco-friendly farming practices is one of the major solutions. The study aimed to analyse the attitude of farmers in Western ghats towards eco-friendly conservation practices. Majority of the farmers had moderately favorable attitude towards eco -friendly farming practices. Regression analysis suggested that the leadership abilities and contact with extension agency had significant contribution with the attitude level of farmers towards the eco-friendly farming practices.https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/301AttitudeEco-friendly farming practicesWestern ghatsThe Nilgiris |
| spellingShingle | L Muralikrishnan H Philip Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu Journal of Extension Education Attitude Eco-friendly farming practices Western ghats The Nilgiris |
| title | Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| title_full | Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| title_fullStr | Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| title_short | Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| title_sort | attitude of farmers towards eco friendly farming practices in the nilgiris tamil nadu |
| topic | Attitude Eco-friendly farming practices Western ghats The Nilgiris |
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