Extent of adoption of rejuvenation technology by mango growers

Rejuvenation is the process of pruning and after pruning management of the plants to make them productive by utilizing the existing root system, which mean restoring the productive capacity of the fruit trees. A multistage, purposive and random sampling technique was selected for the study. The study was conducted in Gir Somnath district of Saurashtra region. Four taluka Talala, Kodinar, Una and Sutrapada were selected purposively and three villages were selected randomly from each selected talukas. Thus, a total of 12 villages were selected for the study. Ten mango growers were randomly selected from each village as respondents. Thus, 120 mango growers were selected for the study. The respondents were interviewed with the help of specially designed schedule. It is noticed that majority (55.00 per cent) of the respondents had medium level of adoption of rejuvenation techniques of mango, while 35.83 per cent and 9.17 per cent of the total respondents had low level and high level of adoption of rejuvenation techniques of mango, respectively. The technique of high intensity pruning was fully adopted by 46.67 per cent of total respondents, partially adopted by 37.50 per cent of total respondents and not adopted by 15.83 per cent respondents. Technique of light intensity pruning was fully adopted by 62.50 per cent of total respondents, partially adopted by 29.17 per cent of total respondents and not adopted by 08.33 per cent respondents.