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    STUDY ON AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (ATMA) IN TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN BARABANKI DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH
    (2024-03-17) Ashwani Kumar; Dr H C Singh
    The present study entitled “A study on agricultural technology management agency (ATMA) in transfer of agricultural technology in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh was undertaken with a view to analyze and lay forth a plan of action for addressing the corresponding issue of influencing socio-personal, economic, and other aspects to achieve quick growth in output. The PPS sampling method was used to select a total of 250 farmers (125 trained + 125 untrained = 250). Out of the district's total of 17 blocks, we chose to sample just two at random: Banki and Nindaura. In order to choose 125 skilled farmers, eight villages were selected, four from each block strategically chosen to participate in the ATMA program. In the same way, four villages in a single block not included in the ATMA initiative were chosen, making a grand total of eight villages from which 125 untrained farmers were chosen. The response was obtained from each individual respondent through structured interview schedule developed for the collection of data. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed with the help of suitable statistical tools and techniques such as percentage, weighted score, weighted mean score rank, order etc. The findings of the study revealed that, the majority of both the trained and untrained farmers (70.40% and 67.20%) had a medium level of socioeconomic status. Most trained farmers (60%) and untrained farmers (69.60%) had overall medium knowledge about improved paddy cultivation technology. The majority of trained farmers (61.6%) and untrained farmers (65.6%) had medium overall adoption of improved paddy cultivation technology. The Education (x1), Family type (x2), Housing Pattern (x4), Farm Power (x6), Farming Experience (x7), Occupation (x8), Social Participation (x10), SIUP (x11), Communication Behaviour (x12) and Achievement Motivation (x14) were important independent variable to predict the adoption level of trained farmers and Education (x1), Family Size (x3), Farm Power (x6), Farming Experiences (x7), Social Participation (x10) and Achievement Motivation (x14) were important independent variables to predict the adoption level of untrained farmers about improved paddy cultivation technology. The most serious constraints were perceived by most trained and Untrained farmers was ‘high cost of diesel’ at rank first. Most educated farmers revealed that the farmers should join cooperatives in order to sell their products in bulk first and most untrained farmers thought that "improved seed variety should be provided at the right time” to overcome the constraints at first. Therefore, the most important suggestions being made in view of the expressed opinion of the farmers, observations of the investigator and the inferences drawn from the study is that the Trainings on small enterprises based on agriculture with agriculture farming should be associated.
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    Study on Awareness and Access to e-resources among the students (Post- Graduate and Ph.D. level) in academic and research work of Agriculture Universities of Uttar Pradesh
    (2024-03-15) Asha Kumari; Dr H C Singh
    Study on awareness and access to e-resources among the students (Post-graduate and Ph.D level) in academic and research work of Agriculture Universities of Uttar Pradesh Electronically stored information is referred to as an "e-resource," and it can be accessed through electronic networks and systems e.g OPACs, CD-ROMs, online databases, e-journals, e-books, internet resources, print-on-demand (POD), e-mail publishing, wireless publishing, electronic link, and web publishing, e-Audio/ e-Images, Data/ GIS, Digital Library Projects, Electronic Exhibitions, e-Subject Guide, e-newsletters, e-White papers, e-conference proceedings and Web search tools. The present investigation was carried out in Uttar Pradesh. There are five state agricultural universities in Uttar Pradesh, four of which have been operating for the last ten years: Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology (ANDUA&T), Ayodhya, and Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel University Of Agriculture and Technology (SVPUA&T), Meerut. and Chandra Shekhar Azad university of Agriculture and Technology (CSAUA&T), Kanpur Only the agriculture faculty was specifically chosen from among them since PG and Ph.D programmes have been successfully offered by this faculty for the past 10 years. Sixty students (Post-Graduate and Ph.D. level) from each designated college were chosen at random from the list that had been created. In total, 240 Post Graduate and Ph.D. students made up the study's sample. The questionnaire (Google Form) was prepared consisting of the measuring devices for different dependent and independent variables for the collection of data from the selected students. Thereafter, data were tabulated, analyzed and inferences were drawn after subjecting the data to statistical analysis. Few formulae such as Frequency and Percentage were used to know the socio-economic and academic status of the students. Mean and Standard deviation were used for the categorization of the data. Mean per cent score was used to calculate the extent of awareness and use of the e-resources. The comparison among the students of selected universities about awareness, extent of use and attitude was calculated by using Analysis of Variance-One way test (F-test) and results were drawn, accordingly. To determine the relationship between respondents' personal characteristics and the extent of e-resource use, the Chi-square test was used. It was revealed that majority of the students were male, had 23-29 years of age, with 7.00 to 8.00 OGPA, preferred Hindi medium in their school level education, Rs.1,00,000 to 6,00,000/ annual family income, belonged to rural background, used a computer for their academic and research work >2 hour/day, used internet for their academic and research work for 1 to 2 hours/day, had medium level of competence, received no training, parents occupation was Government jobs, fathers were Graduate, mothers had qualification in the range of Ninth to higher secondary, used their Laptops to access e-resources. Majority of the students belonged to medium level of awareness. The extent of awareness in students of CSAUAT, Kanpur ranged from 63.33 MPS to 93.33MPS and was maximum among all the universities. There was no appreciable difference in the understanding of e-resources among students at the chosen agriculture universities. Majority of the students had medium level of attitude. Students from four agriculture universities, had more or less similar attitude towards e-resources which might be due to more or less same awareness about various e-resources available in their universities. Majority of the Students fell in the medium category of use of e-resources. The extent of use of mobile apps was maximum by the students among the various aspects of use of e-resources. Majority of the Students preferred the university hostel as place of access to e-resources. The frequency of using Internet by the students was maximum among various e-resources. PDF was perceived as the most preferred format for reading full text articles by the students. There was a significant difference among the students of selected agriculture universities about extent of use of e-resources. Variables like age, academic performance, medium, Annual income, computer exposure, internet exposure, ICT competence, Fathers education had significant association with the extent of use of e-resources at 1 per cent level of significance. Constraint “Inadequate infrastructure of e-resources” was perceived as most important constraint by the students followed by ‘‘Problem of virus can damage the data” and ‘‘Lack of professional & technical skilled persons in the library’’. Suggestion such as “High speed Wi-Fi needs to be established”, ‘‘Much attention should be given in the Library for making availability and collection of information resources on ETD (Electronic Thesis or Dissertation)” and ‘‘Arrange frequently awareness programme for the users to educate them about e-resources” were the important suggestions by majority of the students.
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    Role Of Kvk Program In Agriculture Regarding Knowledge And Adoption Level Of Potato Growers In District Kanpur Nagar, Up
    (2024-02-23) Virendra Pratap; Dr H C Singh
    The present study entitled, “Role of K.V.K. Program in Agriculture regarding Knowledge and Adoption level of potato growers in district Kanpur Nagar, UP”. Was conducted with specific objectives for the study four villages from Block Shivrajpur were selected purposively. From each village, 20 respondents were selected purposively constituting the sample size 80. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. A number of profile characteristics were selected as independent variables to find out profile of farmers of the study area. It is revealed from the study that majority (55.55%) of the respondents belonged to middle age category, (52.25%) respondents belonged to other backward caste (OBC), majority (89%) of the respondents were was found literate, majority (61.25%) of the respondents residing in a joint family system, majority of respondents (50 %) K.V.K. beneficiaries had marginal size of land holding majority respondents residing in Pacca house, majority (43.75 %) respondents were doing agriculture as a main occupation. Majority 75 % of the potato growers fall under the good level category and 25% farmers come under the fair level categories. None of the growers were found under poor knowledge Independent variables like education, annual income, social participation, land holding found to be had positive and highly significant relationship with K.V.K. beneficiaries for adoption level of technology Majority of beneficiaries (62.50) belonged to the category of high adopter in respect to irrigation in potato, majority of trained farmers (52.50) were facing problem of poor recommended technology followed by maximum trained farmers (65.00) percent have problem of more expenditure and less profit, followed by majority of respondents have bank loan related issues, (50.00) percent respondents have problem of marketing, unassured irrigation and storage problem. Training required before crop season, proper training at block level, Fertilizer availability should be ensured, rate of interest should be minimized, subsidy on storage should be provided, expenditure should be minimum with government subsidy, were the most important suggestion & made by the beneficiaries of the K.V.
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    A Study On Indigenous Technical Knowledge Itk Prevalent In Agriculture In Ambedkar Nagar District Of Uttar Pradesh
    (2023-11-20) Ayush Verma; Dr H C Singh
    The present study was conducted mainly with the objectives to study “Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) Prevalent in Agriculture” For the study; Ambedkar Nagar district was selected purposively from Uttar Pradesh. From selected district, block Tanda was selected purposively. The10 villages were selected purposively from block Tanda. From each village 12 respondents were selected randomly constituting the sample size 120. The Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. A number of profile characteristics were selected as independent variables to find out profile of farmers of the study area. It is revealed from the study that majority 75 per cent of the respondents belonged to the middle age category and majority 90.84 per cent of them were male. The 35 per cent of respondents had primary level education, whereas; 64.20 per cent belonged to OBC category, The 54.20 per cent respondents belonged from nuclear family, whereas 65 per cent belonged to middle family size, the 49.20 per cent of the respondents were possessing up to 1.00 ha of land and belonged to marginal farm category. The Majority (63.33 per cent) of farmers had medium annual income (Rs. 70920 to Rs. 241296). The 65.80 per cent of the respondents possessed agriculture as an occupation and majority 75 per cent of the respondents had medium level of mass media exposure. Out of the total agricultural growers, the highest proportion of the agricultural growers 61.67 per cent confronted undecided followed by disagree 25.83 per cent and confronted agree 12.50 per cent towards use of ITK in agriculture, respectively. Independent variables like Age (.000), Education (.008), occupation (.026), Mass media exposure (.000) were positively associated at 0.05% level of significance with the attitude towards ITK in agriculture. It means four variables significantly exert their influence on the attitude towards ITK in Agriculture. The independent variables viz. Sex (.866), Caste (.345), Type of family (.814), Size of family (.896), Annual income (.219), and land holding (.132) which shows that all these independent variables were not significantly associated with the attitude towards ITK in Agriculture at 0.05% level of significance. It means the six variables were not significantly exerted their influence on the attitude towards ITK in Agriculture. Hence the result confirms the null hypothesis. Documented 29 ITKs in different cultivation practices categorized into groups viz, plant protection (6), soil management (7), post-harvest management (4), traditional implements (5), belief system for rainfall prediction (7). Further documented ITKs were also classified based on major crops namely field crops, pulses, vegetables and plantation crops.
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    A Study On Constraints Faced By Extension Personnel Of State Agriculture Department In Puri District (Odisha)
    (2023-11-20) Shaswatee Pattanaik; Dr H C Singh
    The present study was conducted mainly with the objectives to study “Constraints faced by Extension Personnel in the State Agriculture Department” for the study; Puri district was selected purposively from Odisha. From the selected district, 4 blocks namely- Puri Sadar, Pipli, Delanga and Kanas were selected purposively. The respondents were selected randomly constituting the sample size of 110. The Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. The majority of respondents were male, middle-aged, and held an agriculture diploma or graduate degree in agriculture. They also had medium work experience, good job performance, medium job satisfaction, a moderately supportive organizational climate, an ideal work load, and moderate exposure to training. The majority of respondents used personal local sources, personal cosmopolitan sources, extension education techniques, electronic media, and print media as sources of information to a medium amount. It has been found that while work load has a significant and positive association with restrictions, factors such as age, work experience, job performance, job happiness, organizational climate, training exposure, and information source utilization have significant and negative relationships. Education and gender did not have a statistically significant relationship to the restrictions. For overall restrictions, the majority of respondents reported experiencing medium levels of constraints. Regarding the specific limits, the extension staff had to deal with the most difficult issues with input supply, administrative issues, financial issues, and general issues. The most serious issues were identified among them as being insufficient input supply, a variety of tasks and assignments, a lack of pay or incentives for extra labour, fewer opportunities for promotion, and a lack of living space.
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    A Study On Diversified Farming In Sitapur District Of Uttar Pradesh
    (2023-11-20) Lavkush Yadav; Dr H C Singh
    The present study entitled, “A study on diversified farming in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh” was confined through ex-post facto research design and multistage sampling method. District Sitapur is comprised of 19 community blocks, out of these two blocks namely - Behta and Laharpur were taken purposively for the study. The 2 villages from each block (total 4 villages) were selected purposively, those villages adopted diversified farming. The 30 respondents from each village (total-120 respondents) were selected purposively, those respondents adopted diversified farming. The data were collected by personal contact method with the help of structured interview schedule, classified, tabulated and analyzed in the light of objectives. The appropriate statistical methods were used for analysis of data. The findings of the study revealed that, the majority of the respondents were belonged to middle age group, other backward caste, high school education, nuclear family, marginal landholding, majority of the respondents were engaged in farming alone their main occupation, irrigation source for pump set, most of the respondents were having less number of farm implements under material possession, maximum of the respondents were having moderate livestock possession, having low credit seeking behavior, having medium annual income of family. Maximum number of respondents were having awareness about mustard-sugarcane cropping pattern and majority of respondents’ awareness about new initiative were having dairy and milk production. Maximum respondents were having medium level of diversified farming, having medium level of diversified farm enterprises, having medium level of crop diversification, having buffalo livestock participation and having poultry off farm practices. Most of the respondents were faced constraints viz. “having lack of proper marketing channel at village level and maximum respondents were suggested that coordination is must among the members and easy bank loan procedure should be to overcome the constraints.”
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    A Study On Perception Of Farmers About Natural Farming In Auraiya District Of Uttar Pradesh
    (2023-11-20) Gaurav Kumar; Dr H C Singh
    The present study was conducted mainly with the objective to study “Perception of Farmers about Natural Farming” For the study; Auraiya district were selected from Uttar Pradesh. Tehsils viz., Ajitmal and Bhiduna two villages from each tehsil were selected purposely. From each village 30 members were purposely selected constituting the sample size 120. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. A number of profile characteristics were selected as independent variables to find out profile of farmers of the study area. It is revealed from the study of “Perception of Farmers about Natural Farming” in Auraiya region that (54.16%) of the respondents belonged to middle age category. majority of the respondents (56.66%) had medium farming experience category. (17.59%) of respondents had illiterate level education whereas; (30.83%) of the respondents were possessing 1.01 to 2.00 ha of land and belongs to small farmer’s category. Majority (65.00%) of farmers had medium annual income (Rs. 115076 to Rs. 392139). Near about (69.16%) of the respondents had medium category of social participation. Majority (64.16%) of respondents had medium level of extension contact; (57.5%) of the respondents had medium use of sources of information and Majority (68.33%) of the respondents was having medium level of risk orientation. Majority (71.66%) of farmers had medium perception whereas; 15.83 per cent farmers had high perception about natural farming followed by 12.5 per cent of farmers had low perception level about natural farming. Independent variables like education, annual income, social participation, sources of information, land holding found to be have positive and highly significant relationship with perception of farmers about natural farming. While extension contact and risk orientation found to be have positive and significant relationship with perception of farmers about natural farming in Auraiya at 0.05 per cent probability. Age and farming experience found to be have negative and non-significant relationship with perception of farmers about natural farming. Major constraints perceived by respondents of Auraiya district were low yield in initial years (99.2%), followed by weed management is difficult (91.7%), lack of extension activities regarding natural farming practices (90.0%), whereas; Lack of information on natural farming practices and use of asthras (85.0%), Intensive labour requirement (76.7%) and Non availability of natural farming inputs (60.0%) ,Net farm incomes are not encouraging even during third year of adoption (51.0%), Market support & assured price advantage (50.0%) were other constraints as perceived by them.