Relationship Between Profile of Fpo Members With Performance of Fpo

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T. MAHESH BABU*, T. LAKSHMI, S.V. PRASAD, V. SUMATHI AND B. RAMANA MURTHY

Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati.

ABSTRACT

Assessing the relationship between profile of FPO members with performance of FPO would help to understand how the profile characteristics will influence the performance and socio-economic benefits of the FPO members after joining in the FPO. The present investigation was carried out in Anantapuramu and Chittoor districts of Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh over a randomly drawn sample of 240 FPO members. The results revealed that education, annual income, extension contact, mass media exposure, innovativeness, training undergone, social participation, market orientation, economic orientation, achievement motivation, scientific orientation, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness and credit orientation had positive and significant relationship with the performance of FPO. Whereas, age, farm size and farming experience had non-significant relationship with the performance of FPO.

KEYWORDS:

Andhra Pradesh, FPO, Profile, Members and Relationship

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