Open AccessChallenges of Agriculturists in Coconut Cultivation of Meenakshipuram Village, Chittur Taluk, Kerala
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.k1100.09811s19
Subject(s) - respondent , ranking (information retrieval) , sample (material) , test (biology) , socioeconomics , geography , toxicology , mathematics , business , agricultural science , biology , economics , botany , political science , computer science , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning , law
Coconut cultivation is a landmark of kerala. In this paper, an attempt has been made to find agriculturist level of challenge towards Coconut cultivation. A sample of 100 respondent’s were purposively selected from Meenakshipuram Village, Chittur Taluk, Kerala. The findings were analyzed using simple percentage analysis, chi-square test and friedman ranking test. Findings reveal that major challenge faced by the agriculturist towards coconut cultivation is unstable price in the market. The research concluded that government should organize coconut cultivation related challenge programme to agriculturist.