Socio-economic profile of the common adopters of improved practices of crops and livestock enterprises and their problems and suggestive measures-A case study in adopted and non-adopted villages in North Eastern India

Singha, A.K.; Bordoloi, R.; Jat, P.C.; Singha, J.K.; Devi, M. Deepa

doi:10.5958/0976-4666.2016.00037.1

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“…55% had no formal education; 62% had less than 30 years of farming experience; 42% had an annual income below Rs.25,000/-and 35% had an annual income ranging between Rs.25,000-40,000/-.The main crops in the village were paddy, cotton, maize, sorghum, pigeon pea and vegetables. With regard to age, similar results were reported by Dhayal and Mehta [18,19,20] in their studies that majority of the farmers who adopting different crop technologies were found in middle age group.…”

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confidence: 83%

Adoption Outcomes of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Technologies by Farmers in South India

Shankar

Nirmala

Nagasree

et al. 2019

AJAEES

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Rainfed areas are subjected to climate change through extreme weather events, decrease of water availability and decrease in agricultural productivity. The problem to be addressed is the limited access to and exchange of, information and knowledge related to agriculture and food security at local, national, and regional levels. Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) act as a crucial player in technology assessment, refinement and demonstration. Technology adoption to be successful depends on successful technology assessment, refinement and demonstration. Hence, the role of KVKs is of paramount importance in the above processes. KVK Rangareddy district of Telangana state (South India) is attached to the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad. The study was conducted in three KVK adopting villages’ of Pudur mandal, Rangareddy district, Telangana state. The objectives of the study are to assess the extent of adoption of KVK technologies, factors affecting and constraints in adoption; to assess the impact of KVK technologies in terms of improved productivity in crops, livestock, income levels of farm women; and to assess the gain in knowledge levels. A sample of 40 farmers each from adopting and non-adopting categories in the same villages was selected for data collection, thus, making a total sample of 240 farmers. The data was collected using a pre-tested interview schedule from the farmers. Focus group discussion and interviews were conducted to elicit data. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (correlation, multiple linear regression and adoption indices). Final data was averaged from the three villages both for adopting and non-adopting category of farmers and presented. More than 60% adoption was recorded for production technology and stem borer management in maize; spacing and fertilizer management in cotton; and demonstration of perennial fodder hybrid Bajra Napier CO-4 etc. T-test scores showed significant higher mean values for adopters over non-adopters except in the case of the variable age. Adopters had better knowledge and adoption rates over non-adopters. Productivity of farmers increased between 33-57% with KVK technologies. Income levels of farm women increased three to four times based on the enterprise after adoption. Farmers’ adoption of technologies requires more concerted efforts in establishing mechanisms and traits including readiness of availability, ease of use, low cost, low labor requirement and time requirements of different technologies and their components. The adoption results of KVK technologies/interventions in case of non adopting category of farmers were found to be meager.

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Adoption Outcomes of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Technologies by Farmers in South India

Shankar

Nirmala

Nagasree

et al. 2019

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“…All these circumstances results in limited tangibility of the impact of climate smart adaptive livelihood practices. Also since these practices has not reached to a broader area and researches to study the impact are also very few in number and it becomes very difficult to prove the impact of climate smart adaptive livelihood practices in front of farmers due to which convincing them for adopting such practices is not so easy [4].…”

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Perceived Barriers to the Adoption of Climate Smart Adaptive Livelihood Technology by the Farmers in Flood Prone Areas of Assam

Borah,

Gogoi,

Rahman

2024

IJECC

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Flood is an annual major natural disaster of Assam. It causes a huge loss to human, animal, crop, infrastructures and natural resources. Since agriculture is the prime source of livelihood and majority of inhabitants resides in rural areas, the impact of flood has a vital role in the living conditions of Assam’s population. In the present study different kinds of barriers were identified which found to create resistance in the resilience building by the farmers in the studied area. Here the Garrett’s ranking technique was used to rank the barriers associated with the resilience building by the farmers in the study area. The problem of limited skills upon climate smart adaptive livelihood technology (CSALT) got the highest mean score of 65.55 and ranked 1st among all the identified problems. However, the last rank was given to the problem of limited resources with farmers to invest in CSALT having mean score 44.44. It was seen that after the extension problem the other key problems in descending order of value were economic problem such as unavailability of quality seeds and planting materials at right time, unavailability of labour in vital period of farming, in addition to which higher wage and lack of post harvest technologies and marketing facilities were also observed along with communication and information problems and socio-personal problem. Moreover reluctance to take up new project due to deprived risk taking ability, lack of awareness and skill on advanced farming technologies, lack of interest in cultivation due to poor return in short term with poor educational status of the farmers were some of the observed barriers.

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“…A study carried out by Chapke (2009) revealed that about 83 per cent jute growers were unaware about the technologies developed by ICAR-CRIJAF such as jute varieties, fibre extractor machine, herbicide, intercropping, recommended fertilizer dose, line sowing by furrow seed drill and seed treatment. The lack of awareness and low adoption of modern agricultural technologies have increased the vulnerability of the farm households towards production risks (Nain et al, 2014;Singha et al, 2016). Therefore, it is important to recognize the particular characteristics that will determine not only their adoption behaviour but their rejection and discontinuance as well.…”

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Socio-psychological Determinants for Technology Socialisation of Jute Production in West Bengal

Chatterjee

Acharya

Mondal

2022

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Jute is a major commercial crop grown by majority of the small and marginal farmers of West Bengal. To make this venture profitable ICAR-Central Research Institute of Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF) had developed innovative jute production technologies. The study was conducted during 2021 at villages of North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts of West Bengal where ICAR-CRIJAF had disseminated its innovative technologies. A sample of 160 jute growers comprising of 80 adopter farmers and 80 non-adopter farmers were selected randomly. The objective was to identify the influence of the socio-psychological characteristics of the jute growers on their level of technology socialisation. Canonical correlation analysis was carried out to find the association between these two sets of variables. The variables; achievement motivation, innovativeness, education, land holdings etc. moved together with adoption whereas farming experience and age followed the same direction as rejection and discontinuance.

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Socio-economic profile of the common adopters of improved practices of crops and livestock enterprises and their problems and suggestive measures-A case study in adopted and non-adopted villages in North Eastern India

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Adoption Outcomes of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Technologies by Farmers in South India

Adoption Outcomes of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Technologies by Farmers in South India

Perceived Barriers to the Adoption of Climate Smart Adaptive Livelihood Technology by the Farmers in Flood Prone Areas of Assam

Socio-psychological Determinants for Technology Socialisation of Jute Production in West Bengal

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