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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 study was conducted in Parbhani, Nanded and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra state with specific objectives; to study the extent of adoption of recommended practices disseminated through Agricultural Polyclinics among the respondents. Total 150 beneficiary respondents were interviewed for the study. It was observed that majority of the respondents (65.34 %) had medium level of overall adoption. Out of fifteen recommended extension activities / practices extended through Agricultural Polyclinic, only one activity i.e. utilization of their possessed land for cultivation was adopted by all the respondents. Other seven Agricultural Polyclinic activities / practices were adopted by majority of the respondents. The variables namely benefits availed, knowledge, risk orientation, annual income, economic motivation, land holding, education, attitude, extension contact and social participation were positively and significantly related with adoption of activities/practices extended through Agricultural Polyclinics.