Relationship between independent variables and Technological gap among coconut growers

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab.103.20

Abstract:
The current investigation or study was done in the district called Tumkur district of Karnataka during the year 2022–23, using an ex-post-facto research design to explore the factors influencing the technological gap in coconut cultivation. Purposively Tumkur was chosen due to its prominence as a major coconut-producing region in the state. From the ten taluks in the district, four taluks namely Tiptur, Turuvekere, Chikkanayakanahalli, and Sira were chosen based on differences in productivity levels. A total of 120 coconut growers, with 30 from each selected taluk, were randomly sampled for the research or study. Correlation was utilized to identify significant relationships between the selected dependent variable and variables called as the independent variables. Thus, in the relationship study between independent variables and the technological gap, it was disclosed that education, information seeking behaviour, extension participation, credit orientation, innovativeness, deferred gratification, scientific orientation and cosmopoliteness were seen to be negatively related with technological gap at one per cent significant or significance level whereas the management orientation and risk orientation seen to be negatively related with technological gap at five per cent significant or significance level while age, family size, land holdings and farming experience were found to have non-significant relationship with the technological gap.

Keywords:
Coconut growers, Independent variables, Relationship, Technological gap, Tumkur

Article Info:
Received: 28 Apr 2025; Received in revised form: 23 May 2025; Accepted: 27 May 2025; Available online: 03 Jun 2025

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