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ThesisItem Open Access A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG THE FARMERS OF HYDERABAD KARNATAKA REGION(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2019-09-11) SHANABHOGA, M. B.; Krishnamurthy, B.The present study was carried out in the six districts viz. Ballari, Raichur, Koppal, Yadgiri, Kalaburagi and Bidar of Hyderabad- Karnataka Region of Karnataka state during 2018-19 to critically analyse the vulnerability and adaptation strategies for climate change. The total sample constituted 180 farmers comprising of 90 paddy growers and 90 redgram growers. The results revealed that among the six districts Yadagir (0.64) belonged to very high degree of vulnerability to climate change whereas, Kalburagi (0.45), Koppal (0.19) and Raichur (0.25) belonged to low vulnerability category. Overall vulnerability index for farmer level results were visualized that most (36.67 %) of the paddy growers were belonged to severely vulnerability category. Whereas in case of redgram grower’s most of them (35.56 %) belonged to moderately vulnerable section. Overall adaptation strategies adopted among the paddy growers resulted that less than half (48.89 %) of the respondents belonged to medium level category followed by less than one third (27.78 %) of them belonged to high level category and finally almost one fourth (23.33 %) of them belonged to low level category. whereas, overall adaptation strategies among Redgram growers. 37.78 per cent of the respondents belonged to high level category followed by 32.22 per cent of them belonged to medium level category. Both paddy and redgram growers were having significant negative relationship between adaptation strategies and their vulnerability. It implies that as increase in the adoption level of the farmers it will reduce their vulnerability to climatic variation.Institutional PublicationsItem Open Access Evaluation Report of International Krishimela 2013(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2014-12-26) Gangadharappa, N.R.; Shivalinge Gowda, N.S.; Krishnamurthy, B.; Lakshminarayan, M.T.; Govinda Gowda, V.; Lalitha, K.C.; Madhuprasad, V.L.; University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreThesisItem Open Access Knowledge and Adoption of Participant and Non-Participant Maize Growers of Farmers Field Schools in Chickaballapur District of Karnataka(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2010-07-10) GOPALA, Y. M.; Krishnamurthy, B.The Farmers Field School (FFS) is a non-formal learner centered education process. It seeks to empower people to solve their field problems actively by fostering participation, interaction, dialogue, joint decision making. The present investigation was carried out in Chickaballapur district of Karnataka state in the year 2009-10. The three taluks Shidlaghatta, Bagepalli and Chinthamani were purposively selected for the study where FFS has been organized in the year 2004-05. The findings of the study revealed that, most (41.67%) participants belonged to high and greater part (45.00%) of non-participants belonged to the category of low knowledge level regarding cultivation practices of Maize. Most 38.33 per cent of participants belonged high and 40 per cent of nonparticipants belonged to the category of low adoption level regarding recommended practices of Maize. Most (36.67%) of the participants were young and most (38.33%) of the non-participants were middle aged. 38.33per cent of participants had medium education where as 41.67 per cent of nonparticipants had low level of education. More than half of the respondents are big farmers. 46.67 per cent of participants had medium and most 46.67 per cent of non-participants had low level of mass media exposure. Most (43.33%) of the participants and 36.67 per cent had had low and medium level of extension participation respectively. 43.33 per cent of participants had medium whereas, 36.67 per cent of non-participants had low extension contact. More than half of the respondents had medium level of organizational participation. As observed 35 per cent of participants had high and 38.33 of non-participants had medium cosmopoliteness. Best part, 43.33 per cent of participants and 40 per cent of non-participants had medium level of economic orientation. Most 46.67 per cent of participants belonged to high and 36.67 per of non-participants belonged to medium achievement motivation level. Most 41.67 per cent of participants belonged to medium and 40 per cent of nonparticipants had high innovative proneness. Variables like age, education, mass media exposure, extension participation, achievement motivation and extension contact are significantly associated with knowledge of participants. Variables like age, education, land holding, mass media exposure, extension participation, extension contact, cosmopoliteness and innovative proneness are significantly associated with knowledge of non-participants. Variables like age, education, land holding, extension participation, extension contact, economic orientation and achievement motivation are significantly associated with adoption of participants. Variables like age, education, land holding, mass media exposure, extension participation and extension contact are significantly associated with knowledge of non-participants. Nearly half of the respondents sold their produce through marketing channel Producer-Trader-Retailer– Consumer. Nearly ninety per cent of the participants expressed that Lack of encouragement in the village as their main constraint. Around 90 per cent of participants expressed that high cost of plant protection chemicals and nearly 80 per cent of non-participants expressed that timely non-availability of labour as their main production constraint. More than eighty per cent of respondents expressed that fluctuation in market prices as their main marketing constraint.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF FRUIT CROP GROWERS OF VIJAYAPURA DISTRICT(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2020-10-27) ANIL SIDARAY, CHIKKALAKI; Krishnamurthy, B.The study was conducted in Vijayapura district of Karnataka during 2019-20 to analyse the entrepreneurial behaviour of fruit crop growers. Forty each grape, lime and pomegranate growers were selected by use of simple random sampling technique. Thus, making a total sample size of 120. Personal interview method was used to collect data and appropriate statistical tools were applied to analyse the data. The findings revealed that more than one third (37.50 %) of fruit crop growers fell under medium category followed by high (33.33 %) and low (29.17 %) entrepreneurial behaviour categories, respectively. It was also observed that a significant difference exists between grape, lime and pomegranate growers with respect to their entrepreneurial behaviour. Variables such as education, occupation, land holding, annual income, experience in fruit crop cultivation, self-reliance, cosmopoliteness, deferred gratification, extension participation and mass media participation were found to have significant association with the entrepreneurial behaviour of grape, lime and pomegranate growers. The major constraints faced by fruit crop growers were lack of irrigation source, high cost of inputs, inadequate and non-availability of credit, high labour wages, fluctuating price, delayed cash payment and exploitation by middlemen. Provision for irrigation facilities, timely and adequate information regarding availability of inputs, prices and arrivals, suitable market infrastructure, timely and adequate credit, continuous power supply, protection from exploitation by middlemen were the major suggestions given by fruit crop growers to improve the returns from fruit crop cultivation.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF IMPROVED CULTIVATION PRACTICES BY TURMERIC GROWERS IN BELAGAVI DISTRICT(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2018-07-26) MUTTEPPA, CHIGADOLLI; Krishnamurthy, B.The present study was conducted during 2017-18 in Belagavi district of Karnataka to analyse knowledge and extent of adoption of improved cultivation practices in turmeric and to enlist the constraints faced and suggestions given by turmeric growers. A total of 120 respondents were selected randomly which includes 60 respondents from Gokak and Raibag taluks because production, productivity and area under turmeric was found to be maximum. The findings of the study revealed that, 48.33 per cent of turmeric growers had high level of overall knowledge about improved practices in turmeric cultivation followed by medium (30.00 %) and low (21.67 %) categories, respectively. 47.50 per cent of turmeric growers belongs to medium level of overall adoption, followed by high (32.50 %) and low (20.00 %) level overall adoption. The variables viz., education, landholding, annual income, extension contact, extension participation, risk orientation, farming experience, achievement motivation, market orientation, economic motivation, innovativeness and scientific orientation had significant relationship with knowledge and adoption level of turmeric growers. The major constraints of turmeric growers were scarcity of labour, high labour wages (96.67 %) and more incidence of diseases and pest (84.17 %). The turmeric growers have suggested to supply of inputs at subsidized rates (85.00 %), fixing of MSP to turmeric (80.83 %) and regular technical & extension functionaries visit to their field (75.83 %).ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON PARTICIPATION, DECISION MAKING AND TIME UTILIZATION BY DAIRY FARM WOMEN IN BIDAR DISTRICT(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2019-08-23) ARCHANA; Krishnamurthy, B.Dairy farming plays a vital role in the socio-economic empowerment of farm women. The present study was conducted in Aurad, Basavakalyan and Humnabad taluks of Bidar district in 2019 to analyse the participation, decision making and time utilization by dairy farm women. The data was collected from 120 farm women by personal interview method through a structured interview schedule and was analysed by employing suitable statistical methods. The findings of the study revealed that more than one third (39.16 %) of the dairy farm women belonged to medium level of overall participation in dairy activities whereas two fifth (40.83 %) of dairy farm women belonged to medium level of overall participation in MPCS activities. Less than half (48.33 %) of dairy farm women belonged to medium level of overall decision making category in dairy activities and nearly two fifth (40.84 %) of them belonged to high level of overall time utilization category in dairy activities. The average time spent in a day by the dairy farm women in dairy activities was 340 min (5 hours 40 min). Low productivity of local breeds (91.66 %) followed by inadequate knowledge about feeding/preparation of concentrates locally (79.16 %) were the major constraint faced by the dairy farm women.