Adoption behaviour of farmers towards rice production technology

Abstract

A study was conducted to assess the extent of adoption of rice production technology by fanners. Extent of measurement of adoption was calculated by development of an adoption scale. Sixteen major aspects of rice cultivation technology were included in this schedule. Relevant data were collected from the selected respondents with the help of a wellconstructed interview schedule. Personal interview technique was used for collection of data from the rice growers. From the above discussion, it could be concluded that the extent of adoption in large farmers was from 34.40 to 71.20% and in small farmers it was from 31.22 to 69.25%, whereas in case of marginal farmers the extent of adoption was observed to be from 25.75 to 65.40% in all recommended rice production practices in the study area. On the basis of results obtained from the study and observations made during investigations, the following recommendations were made for promotion of improved cultivation practices in the study area. It was noted that majority of the rice growers had poor knowledge and adoption of practices, namely, soil treatment, plant protection measures, weed management by chemicals, seed treatment, high yielding varieties and storage of rice in the study area. Therefore, State Agriculture Department in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra and reputed NGOs should develop comprehensive educational training programmes on rice cultivation for the farmers. Such training programmes should be organized at Gram Panchayat level so that all the farmers can participate in the trainings.