Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis of Technological Gap between Tribal Pineapple Growers of Meghalaya, India

Authors

  • Balkho Rangsa Marak Assistant, Soil and Water Conservation Officer, Shillong Plantation Crops Division, Polo Hills, Lawmali, Shillong-793001, Meghalaya, India
  • Haobijam James Watt Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
  • Biswajit Lahiri Associate Professor, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Agartala, Tripura, India
  • Rebekka Syiem Horticulture Development Officer (Marketing), DOAFW, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Arup Kumar Bandyopadhyay Professor, BCKVV, Mohanpur, Nadia-741252, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/IJEE.2023.59133

Keywords:

Technological gap, Tribal communities, Pineapple growers, Agro economic, Extension-communication, Socio-psychological

Abstract

The varied agro-climatic condition of Meghalaya favours cultivation of different horticultural crops, particularly different fruit crops, and pineapple is the most notable of them. The present study was conducted on 200 tribal pineapple growers of Meghalaya in the North Eastern Himalayan region of India in the year 2017-2018. The article highlighted the technological gap among pineapple growers with special emphasis on the differences in agro-economic, socio-psychological and extension-communication characteristics between the Khasi and the Garo tribes of Meghalaya in the north-eastern Himalayan region of India. The average level of the technological gap of Garo farmers (61.78%) was slightly higher than that of Khasi farmers (57.85%). The Mann-Whitney U test reported that the mean scores of the technological gap for the farmers of West Garo Hills and Ri Bhoi were indicating a significant difference in the technological gap between the farmers of these two tribes. The study suggested the need to understand the differential characteristics of these tribes and to introduce location-specific technologies to minimize the technological gap and increase pineapple production in these tribal areas. 

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2022-12-30

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Vol. 59 No. 1 (2023): Indian Journal of Extension Education, (Jan-Mar), 2023

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Research Notes

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Marak, B.R., Watt, H.J., Lahiri, B., Syiem, R., & Bandyopadhyay, A.K. (Trans.). (2022). Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis of Technological Gap between Tribal Pineapple Growers of Meghalaya, India . Indian Journal of Extension Education, 59(1), 154–157. https://doi.org/10.48165/IJEE.2023.59133
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