TY - JOUR AU - Muralikrishnan, L AU - Philip, H PY - 2019/07/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Attitude of Farmers towards Eco - friendly Farming Practices in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu JF - Journal of Extension Education JA - JEE VL - 30 IS - 4 SE - Research Article DO - 10.26725/JEE.2018.4.30.6177-6182 UR - https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/301 SP - AB - <p><em>The farm lands in the Western Ghats ecosystem of India had been losing its fertility, bio diversity </em><em>and ecological uniqueness due to long use of chemical fertilizers, commercial farm management practices </em><em>and chemical pesticides. To solve these issues, adopting eco-friendly farming practices is one of the major </em><em>solutions. The study aimed to analyse the attitude of farmers in Western ghats towards eco-friendly </em><em>conservation practices. Majority of the farmers had moderately favorable attitude towards eco -friendly </em><em>farming practices. Regression analysis suggested that the leadership abilities and contact with extension </em><em>agency had significant contribution with the attitude level of farmers towards the eco-friendly farming </em><em>practices.</em></p> ER -