Social and Psychological Characteristics of Mango Growers of Kolar and Ramanagar Districts of Karnataka State

摘要

The study was conducted to know the influence of Social and Psychological characteristics of mango growers and extent of contributiof social and psychological characteristics on entrepreneurial behaviour. The study was conducted in Kolar and Ramanagardistricts of Karnataka state during the year 2014-15. The findings of the study revealed that nearly half (49.16%) of the respondents had medium extension participation, (45.83%>) of the respondents had medium level of scientific orientation, followed by 33.33 per cent of respondents had low level of scientific orientation. 59.17 per cent of the mango growers had medium achievement motivation. 70.33 per cent of the respondents were never participated in field days. In case ofkrishimela, 35.83 per centof the respondents were participated occasionally and 15.00 per cent of them were participated regularly, with respect to decision making ability of mango growers shows that about half (52.00%>) of the respondents had medium decision making ability and 27.50 per cent of respondents had high decision making ability. 74.16 per cent of the respondents opined that they had taken self decision on mango varietal selection for cultivation, followed by 66.66 per cent had expressed similar views on taking decisions with respect to quantity of mango to be processed. It was also noticed that internet connection was possessed by only 4.16 per cent of the respondents. The mobile phone sets were possessed by 97.50 per cent of the respondents for regular usage and obtaining information.