Socio-economic characteristics of farmers and their feedback about the castor cultivar GCH-10 variety Chandravadia Kiran1,*, Bariya M.K.2 1Assistant Professor, College of Agricultural Information Technology, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388110, Gujarat 2Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Mota Bhandariya-365610, Amreli, Gujarat *Corresponding author email id: kuchandravadia@aau.in
Online Published on 18 March, 2024. Abstract Castor (Ricinus communis) is an important non-edible oil seed crop of the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. India in general and Gujarat in particular, hold top rank not only in production and productivity but also in oil export. As a concern, the study has attempted to know the socio-economic characteristics of farmers and their feedback about the Castor Cultivar GCH—10 variety. The study revealed that the majority of the farmers belonged to the old age group, educated up to higher secondary level and had above 21 years farming experience, 1 year experience in castor cultivation GCH-10 variety, large to medium size of land holding, up to 1 hectare land under castor cultivation, annual income above Rs. 2,00000/-, membership in more than one organization and medium extension contact and mass media exposure. With regard to about feedback of farmers about the Castor Cultivar GCH-10 variety; harvesting of first raceme is 89 to 125 days (92.00%), raceme of castor has longer than other local variety (90.00%), GCH-10 variety has enough plant height (89.00%) and GCH-10 variety is resistant against wilt disease (87.00%). The feedback of farmers about the technological traits of castor cultivar GCH-10, it is triable (96.00%), acceptable is (92. 00%), it is practicable (88.00%), profitable (83.00%), the result of the variety is visible (81.00%), relative advantage than other local variety (79.00%) and cost effectiveness (76.00%). Top Keywords Castor cultivar, Feedback, Socio-economic characteristics. Top |