A Study on Brand Preference and Brand Switching Behaviour of Bt Cotton Farmers in Andhra Pradesh

Velavan, C.; Kumar, S. Naveen; Raj, S. Varadha

doi:10.17010/ijom/2015/v45/i11/81876

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“…It helps the scientists to locate and identify unities or fundamental properties underlying tests and measures. The factor analysis was done using rotated component matrix method with Kiser Normalization [12,13,14]. Buying behavior of farmers towards various hybrid paddy seeds was calculated by using Garrets ranking technique [15,16].…”

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Factors Influencing the Buying Behavior of Hybrid Paddy Seed Growers

Pandey

Vinayagam

Krishnan

et al. 2020

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This study was on factors influencing buying behavior of the hybrid paddy seed growers among selected districts of Bihar with following objectives source and level of awareness, buying behavior of farmers and promotion of sales at retail level. The 155 farmers were selected from 27 blocks of six sample districts of Bihar state which includes Banka, Bhagalpur, Katihar, Munger, Purnea and Samastipur. Structured interview schedule was used for collection of data. The Ex-post facto research design was used in this study. By using frequencies, percentages, garrets ranking and factor analysis, the results was carried. Majority of the farmers were aware of hybrid paddy seeds due to promotion of dealers/retailers. Promotional events and trainings were conducted by the company personnel to spread awareness among farmers about hybrid seeds. Plant height, grain size, water logging tolerance are the important factors to influence the farmers for purchase of hybrid paddy seeds. Due to loyalty of dealers they purchase from same outlet and the farmers expect provision of credit facility from the companies. ‘6444’ brand was chosen by the farmers due to better grain quality among all the brands from same outlet.

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confidence: 99%