Browsing by Author "Joy Mathew"

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Differential characteristics of youth club members and non-members in Kerala
(Kerala Agricultural University, 1982) Joy Mathew; Menon, A G G; Bhaskaran, C
The research study conducted in NFS Block, Pattambi in Palghat district of Kerala among youth club members and non-members revealed that they differed significantly with reference to many of the selected variables. The youth club members had significantly higher mean scores than the non- members with respect to education, social participation, family economic status, cosmopoliteness, attitude towards agriculture and rote perception and role performance in agricultural development. However, there was no significant difference between the youth club members and non-members with respect to their occupational status, parental [occupation and level of aspiration. These findings provide a typology or profile feature of the rural youth in Kerala, which has to be considered while launching special programmes of rural areas in Kerala, in general, for the development and rural youth in Kerala, in particular.
Dynamics of co-ordination for agricultural developement in the context of democratic decentralisation
(Department of Agricultural extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 2004) Sunil Kumar Roy; Joy Mathew
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Factors affecting the functioning of rural youth clubs in Kerala
(Kerala Agricultural University, 1982) Joy Mathew; Menon, A G G; Bhaskaran, C
The research study was conducted among seventy five youth club members in NES Block, Pattambi, Palghat district in Kerala to identify the factors which determine the successful functioning of rural youth clubs. The study revealed that there was more or less perfect agreement among the different categories of youth club members, viz., more favourable and less favourable attitude groups, more correct and less correct role perception groups and higher and lower role performance groups in ranking the identified factors based on their relative importance for the successful functioning of youth clubs. Members' interest was perceived as the most important factor affecting the successful functioning of youth clubs by all the categories of respondents followed by either financial position of the club or club functioning and personal relations between members as next in the order of importance. These findings may be kept in view while organising rural youth clubs as viable voluntary agencies to help in the upheaval of rural areas.
Gaps in the adoption of plant protection practices by commercial vegetables growers of Thrissur district
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture,Vellanikkara, 1998) Manoj, M; Joy Mathew
It is commonly observed that there is a wide gap between the technology generated in research stations and its actual use by the clientale. It is with this view in mind that the present study was undertaken to identify the gaps in the adoption of plant protection practices by commercial vegetable growers in Thrissur District. The relationship between personal, situational and psychological characteristics of commercial vegetable farmers and their adoption was also studied. The constraints in the adoption process were also subjected to analysis. The study was conducted in Thrissur district. The sample consisted of 150 farmers from the three selected panchayats for the study. Data were collected using pretested and well structured interview schedule and suitable statistical techniques were employed in the analysis of the data. A prime aspect observed during the course of this study was the non- availability of simple and more compatible plant protection technology thus forcing the farmers to accept the failures of applying complex plant protection technology. Lack of adequate and effective linkage between various extension o agencies and research institutions in transfer of technology has led to the confinement of the improved plant protection technology within the research institutions. This has resulted in the non-availability of many an improved technology to the farmers thereby resulted in an unwaranted gap in the adoption of improved plant protection practices by commercial vegetable farmers. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that cosmopoliteness, information source utilisation and scientific orientation as the important variables tDJ explaining maximum variation in the extent of adoption and level of knowledge about improved plant protection practices by commercial vegetable farmers. The important constraints perceived by the farmers were increased cost of plant protection chemicals, difficulty in preparation/application of pp chemicals, difficulty in the selection of alternate chemicals, inadequacy of capital, non- availability of labour and lack of knowledge about technology. The results point vividly to the prime need for strengthening the extension education efforts of the field functionaries to reduce the gap with respect to the adoption of improved plant protection practices by commercial vegetable farmers.
Quality management in agricultural research in Kerala Agricultural University - a critical analysis
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 2001) Smitha Baby; Joy Mathew
Reorienting the concept of agricultural development in the context of Kerala
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 2008) Jaliya, M K; Joy Mathew
Resource use management among coconut growers of Kerala
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara., 1995) Haridasan, V; Joy Mathew
The present study was conducted during 1992-’94 to assess the resource use management among coconut growers of Kerala. The data were collected with the help of a pretested structured interview schedule from randomly selected 225 respondents representing the three major geographical zones of Kerala viz., North, Central and South. The dependent variable resource use management was measured using an index developed for the purpose of the study under eight identified components namely, ‘land management’, ‘water management’, ‘management of manures’, fertilizer management’, ‘pesticide management’, ‘labour management’, ‘information management’ and ‘capital management’. The analysis revealed that all the components were positively and significantly related to resource use management. However, the maximum contribution to income was found to be from water management, fertilizer management and capital management. Analysis showed that nearly 70 per cent of the respondents were in the medium category of resource use management. Only 18.67 per cent recorded high efficiency in resource use management. Zone-wise analysis revealed that central zone farmers were more efficient in the management of water, manures, fertilizers and pesticides. In the case of land management and labour management south zone was found more efficient. While north zone showed better efficiency in information and capital management. Among the selected 15 independent variables farm size, achievement motivation, knowledge on scientific management and extension participation were found to contribute significantly to the variations in resource use management. The highest direct and indirect effect on resource use management was due to achievement motivation and economic motivation. The major constraints perceived by the farmers in resource use management were in the order of ‘high labour cost’, ‘scarcity of irrigation water’, ‘high cost of fertilizers’ and ‘poor returns from coconut cultivation due to low market price’.
Role of rural youth in agricultural development
(Kerala Agricultural University, 1988) Joy Mathew; Menon, A G G; Bhaskaran, C