International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

The result revealed that majority of the paddy farmers i.e. 58.61 per cent were in ‘middle age group’ (36 to 55 years); nearly paddy farmers i.e. 37.23 per cent had completed their higher secondary education, majority of paddy farmers i.e., 68.61 per cent had medium-sized families, 73.05 per cent of the paddy farmers had a medium annual income, 68.89 per cent had a medium level of farming experience, 56.38 per cent of the paddy farmers had a medium level of extension contact, 82.23 per cent had medium area under paddy cultivation, 76.67 per cent, used the transplanting method of paddy sowing, majority of paddy farmers i.e. 51.67 per cent were in the moderately vulnerable group, majority of the paddy farmers i.e. 77.77 per cent know about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The collected data were processed through primary and secondary tables and statistically analysed. The Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient method was computed to find out the relationship between the selected independent and dependent variables.