Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AMONG PROPONENTS OF ORGANIC AND NON-ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES

Authors: Chandrika Sharma, Seema Naberia and Kamini Bisht

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: organic, disparities, significant, differences and non-organic

Volume: 37

Issue: 2

Year: June 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2024.37.2.0025

Abstract: The adverse repercussions of agrochemicals, prevalent during the Green Revolution, alongside heightened awareness regarding health and environmental concerns, have propelled organic farming to the forefront as a prominent sustainable agricultural method. Various governmental and state- sponsored initiatives in India aim to foster the adoption of organic farming among farmers, exemplified by programmes such as the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana. Within the context of a study conducted with the aim to compare the attributes of the farmers in four blocks of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, in 2021-22, encompassing farmers practicing both organic and non-organic farming, significant disparities across eighteen variables were observed through applying Z test. Notably, seven variables, including farm size, livestock possession, information sources, innovativeness, training in organic farming, environmental orientation and attitude towards organic farming, exhibited positive significant differences between the two groups, necessitating targeted policy interventions to further incentivize organic farming adoption whereas four variables i.e. scientific orientation, risk orientation, market perception and decision making ability had revealed negative significant difference.