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Prospects and Constraints of Commercial Cutflower Production in Thiruvananthapuram District
The present study under the title "Prospects and constraints of cutflower production in Thiruvananthapuram district" was undertaken with the following objectives. 1. To delineate the components of conceptual skill and to measure the conceptual skill of growers. 2. To study the relations...
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| Định dạng: | Ph.D Thesis |
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Vellayani
Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture
1997
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| Tóm tắt: | The present study under the title "Prospects and constraints of cutflower production in
Thiruvananthapuram district" was undertaken with the following objectives.
1. To delineate the components of conceptual skill and to measure the conceptual skill of growers.
2. To study the relationship of personal, socio-situational and economic factors with the conceptual
skill of growers.
3. To study the production practices of cutflowers followed by the growers.
4. To identify the different marketing channels existing in cutflower marketing in consultation with
the growers.
5. To identify the constraints related to cutflower production and marketing as perceived by growers.
The study was conducted among the respondents of five cutflower societies functioning
in Thiruvananthapuram district. A sample of 100 growers were selected from the societies by
adopting stratified random sampling technique with proportionate sampling procedure. Data was
collected with the help of well structured, pre tested interview schedule and suitable statistical tests were
employed in the analysis of data.
In the study conceptual skill has been considered as dependent variable. The
factors such as planning, risk-orientation, decision-taking ability, supervision and market perception
were the major dimensions of conceptual skill. The selected personal, socio-situational and economic
factors of cutflower growers were taken as independent variables which included education,
cutflower growing experience, attitude towards cutflower growing, knowledge on cut flowers, self
confidence, orientation towards competition, orientation towards skill development in farm workers,
information seeking behaviour (personal), operational area, infra structural facilities, extension
participation, social participation, mass media
exposure (socio-situational), annual income and
credit orientation (economic).
Relationship of the personal, socio-situational and economic factors with the
conceptual skill showed that in the case of Group I, none of the variables correlated with conceptual
skill. In the case of Group 11 attitude towards cutflower growing, knowledge on cutflowers were
positively and significantly correlated while mass media exposure was negatively and significantly
correlated with conceptual skill. In the case of Group Ill, variables like cutflower growing
experience, attitude towards cutflower growing, knowledge on cut flowers, orientation towards skill
development and information seeking behaviour were correlated positively and significantly with
conceptual skill. In the case of Group V a positive and significant relationship exists between
conceptual skill and cutflower growing experience and orientation towards skill development in
farm workers. In the case of Gr. V, a positive and significant relationship exists between conceptual
skill and variables like cutflower growing experience, attitude towards cutflower growing, knowledge
on cutflowers, self confidence, orientation towards skill development ill farm workers,
information seeking behaviour and operational area. None of the socio-situational factors related
significantly with conceptual skill of the respondents of Group I, Group 11, Group III and Group IV
except for mass media exposure which was negatively and significantly correlated with conceptual skill
of respondents of Group 11. None of the economic factors correlated with conceptual skill of the
respondents of Group I, Group 11, Group Ill, Group IV and Group V.
Regarding the production practices followed by anthurium growers, majority of
growers have ordinary varieties. Majority of the growers follow pot planting using potting media
containing sawdust, charcoal, brick and tile pieces, coconut husk and leaf-mould. Orchid growers have
the collection of both monopodial and sympodial orchids and majority of the growers plant
monopodial orchids in coconut husk alone and sympodial orchids in charcoal pieces alone.
Regarding organic manure application, majority of the growers use diluted solution of fermented
groundnut and neemcake in both the case of anthuriums and orchids. Majority of the growers apply
17: 17: 1 7 complex fertilizer solutions to both anthuriums and orchids. Majority of the growers apply
organic manure and fertilisers once in a fortnight. Majority of the growers apply fungicides and
pesticides once in a week regularly. Thus an indiscriminate use of fertilisers and plant protection
chemicals was noticed in the study. Majority of the growers harvest flowers whenever there is demand.
Flowers are cut during early mornings and late evenings.
In the study various marketing channel ha been identified. in which the most
important marketing channel of cutflowers identified was 'producer - collection centre - florishop-
consumer'.
Various production, technological and marketing constraints has been identified in
the study. The important constraints perceived by the growers were 'high price of planting materials'
(production), 'no standardised practices to follow' (technological) and 'inability of small growers to find
market (marketing).
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