Relationship between independent variables and Yield gap among coconut growers

The current study used an ex-post-facto research approach to investigate the factors impacting the yield gap of coconut producers in the Tumkur district of Karnataka in 2022–2023. Tumkur was specifically chosen because it is one of the state's top coconut-growing regions. Because of their differing levels of output, four of the district's 10 taluks namely Tiptur, Turuvekere, Chikkanayakanahalli and Sira were selected. Thirty coconut farmers from each of the specified taluks made up the total of 120 respondents, who were selected at random. To ascertain the meaningful relationships or linkages between the yield gap and different independent variables, correlation analysis was utilized. In the relationship between independent variables and yield gap, it was found that education, management orientation, credit orientation, deferred gratification, scientific orientation were negatively related with yield gap at one per cent level of significance whereas innovativeness, land holdings were negatively related with yield gap at five per cent level of significance. While age, family size, farming experience, information seeking behaviour, extension participation, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness were non-significant with respect to yield gap.