Social dynamics among sugarcane, onion and leaf banana drip and non-drip users – a sociological enquiry

Social-dynamics existing in the social system determines the extent of adoption of any scientific technology. This research papers tries to find out the social dynamics existing in the different categories of farmers viz drip and non drip users. The study was carried out during the year 2008-2009 in Coimbatore and Udumalpet districts with 160 respondents, of which 120 were drip users and 40 were non-drip users. In drip users, three different categories of farmers viz sugarcane, onion and leaf banana growers were selected for the study. Proportionate random sampling method was used to select the samples. Index analysis results revealed that the existence of social-dynamics was found more (0.70) among drip users compared with non-drip users (0.65). Among the four categories of respondents, sugarcane growers exhibited more social-dynamics (0.74) followed by onion (0.71), leaf banana (0.66) and non-drip users (0.65). Further, the results revealed that non-drip users had more stratification and more social problem among themselves.