NOORHABIB*, S.V. PRASAD, P.V. SATYA GOPAL and A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU,Tirupati -517502, Chittoor Dt., A.P.

ABSTRACT

The present investigation was conducted to study the relationship between profile characteristics of wheat farmers in Khas Kunar district of Kunar province in Afghanistan This province was purposively selected for conducting the study as the investigator hails from the same area. Ex-post- facto research design was followed for the study and a sample of 120 respondents was drawn. The results of the study revealed that the selected independent variables viz., farm size, farming experience, mass media exposure, extension contact, social participation, economic motivation, innovativeness, achievement motivation and de-ferred gratification had positive and significant relationship with farming performance. Age had negative and significant relation with the farming performance of wheat farmers. The variables education and scientific orientation had non-significant relation-ship with the farming performance of wheat farmers.

KEYWORDS:

Profile characteristics, farming performance