• Muthukumar R
• R.Jayasankar
• T.Balakrishnan

Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu have suitable agro-climatic conditions for cultivation of medicinal plants. There is a need to take up a systematic approach towards cultivation of medicinal plants to provide a consistent supply of medicinal plant produce of international quality. The farmer in his day to day business uses a wide range of resourced. Within this view, the present paper has been taken up with the adoption of coleus cultivation practices. In doing so the practices follow correctly, and their socioeconomic factors play a major role. To find them out in Tamil Nadu, Dindigul district was surveyed with 60 respondents. The zero-order correlation co-efficient and linear multiple regression analysis were employed to study the relationship and contribution of characteristics with adoption level in cultivation practices.

Coleus, respondents, adoption level, socio-economic characteristics

"A STUDY ON EXTENT OF ADOPTION AND ELEMENTS CONTROLLING THE ADOPTION LEVEL OF FARMERS TOWARDS COLEUS CULTIVATION IN TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.599-607, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811B87.pdf

"A STUDY ON EXTENT OF ADOPTION AND ELEMENTS CONTROLLING THE ADOPTION LEVEL OF FARMERS TOWARDS COLEUS CULTIVATION IN TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp599-607, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811B87.pdf