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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 9, Issue:5, May, 2020

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2020.9(5): 1901-1906
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.216


Factors Motivating the Farmers to Practice Collective Farming in Tirunelveli District, India
V. Jothika1*, R. Rajasekaran2, C. Karthikeyan3 and R. Gangai Selvi4
Department of Social Sciences, Agricultural College and Research Institute,
Killikulam -628252, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Collective farming is a practice of agriculture where the farmers join hands with one another and become a joint enterprise. In Tamil Nadu, the scheme was brought to empower the lives of small and marginal farmers. This paper deals with the motivational factors responsible for the practice of collective farming.  The study was carried out in the Alangulam block of Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu. A sample size of 120 farmers who were practicing collective farming was taken for the study. The data were collected by using a well–structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The recorded data were analyzed and the results were interpreted. The factors such as the corpus fund provided to the group (94.20%), the increase in income and livelihood of the farmers engaged in collective farming (86.70%), purchase of machinery according to the requirements of the group members (76.70%), leasing of machineries among the groups (70.80%),  shares given to the members (69.20%), use of lease amount for input procurement for the group members (58.30%), regular trainings to the members (55.00%),  maintenance of record of the activities carried out in group (51.70%)  motivated to a higher extent.


Keywords: Collective farming, Corpus fund, Motivational factor

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Jothika, V., R. Rajasekaran, C. Karthikeyan and Gangai Selvi, R. 2020. Factors Motivating the Farmers to Practice Collective Farming in Tirunelveli District.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(5): 1901-1906. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.216
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