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A Study on Relationship of Characteristics and Performance of Guava Farmer Interest Groups in Tamil Nadu

Volume : 104
Issue: Jul-sep
Pages: 261 - 264
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Abstract


Assessing the performance of existing Farmer Interest Groups (FIG) could instill the livelihood promotion among the rural agrarian masses through upgraded group approaches. The study was conducted on guava FIG of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India with a specific objective of identifying the performance determinants of FIG. About 100 FIG members were taken as respondents during the study. Multiple regression and step-down regression analyses were used to interpret the results. The results indicated that FIGs express medium to high-level performance in their members’ perception. It also revealed that FIG member’s, occupational status, decision making pattern, extension participation, status of operational holding and family support were the major contributing variables towards the performance of FIG.

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261 - 264
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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FIG Step-down regression Performance and variables.
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