National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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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 profile characteristics of agricultural input dealers of Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts of West Bengal were measured for the study. Eighty agricultural input dealers; forty from each district were selected using random sampling method and were interviewed for the study. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Respondents were personally interviewed with the help of a pre-tested questionnaire. Distribution of the respondents based on personal, socio-economic, psychological and extension characteristics showed that majority of the agricultural input dealers were middle aged (61.25%), had formal education till graduation (31.25%), medium annual income (62.50%), medium cosmopoliteness (53.75 %), medium self-confidence (37.50 %), medium deferred gratification (51.25%), medium competition orientation (45.00%), high credit orientation (48.75%), medium level of aspiration (40.00%), medium empathy (56.25%), medium information sharing behaviour (50.00%), medium extension contact (55.00%), medium extension participation (53.75%), medium social participation (38.75 %) and medium mass media participation (52.50 %).
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