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  1. Kerala Agricultural University Digital Library
  2. 1. KAUTIR (Kerala Agricultural University Theses Information and Retrieval)
  3. PhD Thesis
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8009
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dc.contributor.advisorSharma, S K-
dc.contributor.authorSankaran Potti, V S-
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T05:00:33Z-
dc.date.available2020-07-16T05:00:33Z-
dc.date.issued1966-
dc.identifier.citationTH97en_US
dc.identifier.siciTH97en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8009-
dc.description.abstractThis research study, entitled "A study of differential adoption of improved farm practices in relation to reference group influence and community norms" was conducted during the period 1964-1965 in Khanjawala block in the Union Territory of Delhi. The objectives of the study have been: (1) To study adoption of farm practices as a function of reference group influence. (2) To find out the composition of reference groups which influence adoption behaviour. (3) To study the influence of community innovativeness norms on individual innovativeness. (4) To study the extent to which community innovativeness norms are related to other community characteristics. Three villages, out of the total of fifty six villages in Khanjawala block, representing three different types of community as social system norms, namely, modern, transitional and traditional were selected for the study. The respondents of the study constited of 222 farmers representing the total number of heads of farming families residing in these three villages.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of the Post Graduate School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhien_US
dc.subjectReference group theoryen_US
dc.subjectMembership groupsen_US
dc.subjectNegative reference groupsen_US
dc.subjectCommunity normsen_US
dc.titleStudy of differential adoption of improved farm practices in relation to reference group influence and community normsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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