Apple is the fourth important fruit of Pakistan and is ranked 16th in the world for its production. Its per hectare yield
in Pakistan is very low due to non-adoption of recommended horticultural practices by apple growers. Adoption
decision is generally influenced by a number of factors including socio-economic ones. In order to determine the
relationship between socio-economic aspects and the awareness & adoption of recommended horticultural
practices. The study was conducted in five apple growing districts of Balochistan. The data were collected from
randomly selected 355 apple growers proportionately selected from randomly selected tehsils of the selected
districts. Analysis of the data showed that there existed a highly significant relationship of awareness and
adoption with socio-economic characteristics like age, education and size of land holding.
Key words: Awareness, adoption, apple, horticultural practices
Badar Naseem Siddiqui, Niaz Hussain Malik. (2006) EFFECT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS ON THE AWARENESS AND ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES BY APPLE GROWERS IN BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN, , Volume 43, Issue 1,2.
