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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present investigation was done to study the profile characteristics of rice farmers in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Ex-post facto research design was followed for the study and a sample of 120 respondents was drawn. The results of the study revealed that most of the respondents were middle aged (57.50%), high school educated (32.50%), medium farmers (35.00%), had medium annual income (70.00%), medium level of farming experience (50.83%), medium cost of cultivation (54.17%), medium net returns (48.33%), medium extension contact (60.83%), medium mass media exposure (49.17%), medium social participation (50.83%), medium economic orientation (57.50%), medium risk orientation (46.67%), medium management orientation (55.83%), medium innovativeness (47.50%), medium decision making ability (43.33%), medium scientific orientation (52.50%) and medium deferred gratification (48.34%).