Extent of Adoption of House terrace Cultivation of Urban dwellers of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Kerala

Authors

  • Greeshma Udayan KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
  • Sreedaya Gopinathan Sarojini amma KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6008-6013

Keywords:

House terrace cultivation, Extent of adoption, Urban dwellers, Kerala Agricultural University, Recommended practice, Adopter categories, Kerala

Abstract

This paper assesses the adoption of recommended practices for house terrace cultivation in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation of Kerala by the urban dwellers. Majority of the urban dwellers came under medium level of adoption of recommended practices for house terrace cultivation of Kerala Agricultural University. With respect to Rogers’ adoption curve, categorisation of respondents was done on the basis of adoption of the recommended practices for house terrace cultivation of Kerala Agricultural University The results revealed that there was high percentage of respondents in the early adopter category.

Author Biographies

Greeshma Udayan, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Extension College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvanathapuram, kerala -695522

Sreedaya Gopinathan Sarojini amma, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor (Sr:Scale),Dept.of Agrl:Extension,College of Agriculture,Vellayani,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala-695522

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Rogers, E. M. (1983) Diffusion of innovations (3rd Ed.). The Free Press, New York.460p.

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Published

2018-12-04

How to Cite

Udayan, G., & Sarojini amma, S. G. (2018). Extent of Adoption of House terrace Cultivation of Urban dwellers of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Kerala. Journal of Extension Education, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2018.1.30.6008-6013

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Vol. 30 No. 1 (2018): Journal of Extension Education - 30 (1)

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Research Article

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