Profile of cashewnut growers in Konkan region

The present study was undertaken with the main objective to study the profile of the cashewnut growers. The study was conducted in two major cashewnut growing district of Konkan region of Maharashtra namely Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg district. 240 respondents were selected by using multi stage sampling techniques. Ex-Post-Facto research design was used for conducting the study. The data were collected through the personal interview. The data collected was analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The analysis of data revealed that majority of the respondents (66.66 percent) belonged to middle age group while 57.92 percent of the cashewnut growers belonged to medium level of family education status. In case of experience in cashewnut cultivation, 78.34 percent of the respondents belonged to medium experience category while 74.16 percent of them had medium area under cashewnut cultivation. The average annual income of the cashewnut growers was Rs. 4.80 lakh and 49.16 per cent of respondents were not receiving any training. There was fair accessibility to cashewnut orchard.42.50 per cent of the cashewnut growers had medium use of social media the majority of the cashewnut growers were having medium level of economic motivation and self-confidence.