Banana is a very popular fruit due to its low price and high nutritive value. The study was conducted at Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. Two blocks in Thoothukudi were selected for this study and 120 respondents were selected from two villages in each block by proportionate random sampling method to assess the extent of knowledge and adoption of banana cultivation technologies by banana growers and also 40 banana growing farmers who adopted drip-irrigation system were selected as purposively for assessing the performance of drip-irrigation in banana cultivation. The study here explored the extent of knowledge and adoption level of banana growers and performance of drip-irrigation in banana cultivation. With respect to knowledge and adoption level of banana growers, majority of the respondents 54.17 per cent had high level of knowledge on banana cultivation technologies and 87.50 per cent had medium to high level of adoption of banana cultivation technologies. With regard to the performance of drip-irrigation in banana cultivation, the benefits as perceived by the drip adopted banana growers were reduced weed growth, less labour requirement for irrigation, weed management, fertilizer application and also increases the water use efficiency. These studies also suggested that necessary follow up help should be given to the drip adopted banana growers after installation by the company and impart trainings to banana growers on maintenance of drip-irrigation equipment.
The degree of positive or negative affect associated with a psychological object is referred to as attitude. Any symbol, phrase, slogan, person, institution, idea or ideal toward which people could differ in terms of positive or negative influence can be used as a psychological object. Attitude scale provides a quantitative assessment of attitudes, views, or values by summarizing numerical scores assigned by researchers to people's replies to sets of statements investigating different aspects of a central subject. The objective of this research was to construct and standardize the same. A scale measuring the attitude of perennial crop farmers towards climate change in Tamil Nadu is developed. One hundred possible statements were prepared to assess the perennial crop farmers attitude towards climate change using the five-point continuum. The S-value and Q-value of each statement were found. The scale was developed using the equal appearing interval method, which comprises of 10 statements (four positive and six negative).
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