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Socio-economic benefits of Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojna (PMFBY) for the rice growers of Bhadrak district of Odisha
(2018-09-07) PANIGRAHI, SUSHREE PURABI; Parasar, Dr. B
The present study entitled “socio-economic benefits of Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojna (PMFBY) for the rice growers of Bhadrak district of Odisha” was undertaken with a view to study socio-economic changes that occurred in rural community as a result of subscribing crop insurance scheme. Analysis of available crop insurance schemes which were operationalised before and now .feedback mechanism to find out the effectiveness of crop insurance scheme as well as constraints perceived by the farmers related to subscribing the scheme . Both purposive and random sampling procedure was followed for selection of district, blocks, panchayats, villages and respondents. The total sample size was 120. The response was obtained from each individual respondent through pre-tested structured interview schedule prepared for the collection of data. The collected data was tabulated and analysed with the use of suitable statistical tools and techniques such as Frequency, Percentage, Mean score, Rank order etc. The findings of the study revealed Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojna is the only implementing scheme in the rural communities. Various crop insurance schemes are listed according to the basis of extent of coverage and consequent relief enjoyed by the farmers . Then data regarding the respondents are collected. The data depicted that among various crop insurance schemes 35% of respondent farmers are aware about Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojna. With regard to the awareness about implementing agency 39.17% respondent farmers are aware that bank is the implementing agency. 45% respondents are aware that cereal crops are covered under this scheme. 40% respondents consider the full awareness of information source as bank. 40% of the respondent farmer fully aware that drought is covered under this scheme. As Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojna can increase the production is mentioned by 40% of the respondents. About 36.67% respondents are fully aware that farmers having own land can also be covered under this scheme. Only 35% of the respondent farmers are enrolled under this scheme, where as 61.91% of enrolment was made in the year 2017. 35.83% of respondent farmers have collected all information out of their own interest. Out of all the schemes Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojna is considered as the most beneficial scheme as stated by 36.66% of respondents. The major constraints are unfavourable attitude towards crop insurance scheme, high premium rate, lack of complete information regarding crop insurance scheme and lengthy credit formality procedure. Proper dissemination of information to the farming community , creating awareness about the need of crop insurance scheme in present scenario were the major recommendations towards effective implementation of crop insurance scheme for the upliftment of the farming community.
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Farmers’ perception on climate change and its impact on agriculture in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha
(2018-09-07) NAYAK, DEBASMITA; Sangramsingh, Dr. S.P.
This study entitled “Farmers’ perception on climate change and its impact on agriculture in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha” was conducted during 2017-18in Tirtol and Raghunathpur blocks of Jagatsinghpur district taking 120 respondents. The objective of study was (1) To study the socio-economic profile of the respondents. (2) To determine the awareness and perception about climate change among the farmers.(3)To find out the impact of climate change on various agriculture and allied activities.(4)To find out adaptation/mitigation measures being taken by the farmers in response to climate change.(5)To find out various constraints faced by farmers in various adaptation activities. The data collected were analyzed with suitable statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, mean score, gap percentage, and standard deviation to reveal major findings. Agriculture is the most important sector in Indian economy which provides food and livelihood security to majority of the population, while climate is the primary determinant of agricultural productivity. The study reveals that various socio-economic factors like age, education ,land holding, income, social contact etc. play an important role in the awareness, perception and adaptation strategies in response to climate change of the respondents. Majority of the respondents about 40% belong to middle aged category, 34.16% were high school pass , 35% belong to OBC 56.66% belong to the joint family,, 60% of the respondents were small farmers, 45.83% of respondents have 20-40 years of farming experiences , 40% of respondents have annual income of Rs. 20000-Rs 40000 and 53.33% of respondents solely depend on agriculture Farmers in the study area were able to recognise the changes in climate. There was limited awareness, and knowledge at local level to understand climate change scenarios, address issues, and conduct long-term planning. Adaptation strategies were limited at the study site. Lack of literacy, lack of credit, lack of information, lack of Govt. Policies and lack of technical knowledge were the major constraints faced by the respondents in adapting different strategies in response to climate change. So, to solve the problem of climate change at first awareness should be created among the farmers by using mass media and individual contact method through trained extension agents. . Government policies should be there to ensure that farmers have access to credit to increase their ability to change production strategies in response to the forecasted climate conditions. Government should improve off-farm income-earning opportunities. There is urgent need to undertake the steps towards awareness increasing programs regarding future impacts of climate change and strategies to cope with its adverse effect on agriculture and allied activities.
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Impact of Annapurna Krishi Prasara Seva(AKPS) in Dissemination of Agricultural Information in East Coastal Districts of Andhrapradesh
(2018-09-07) SOWJANYA, BANDARU LAKSHMI; BANERJEE, Dr. P. K.
The present study entitled “Impact of Anna Purna Krishi Prasara Seva (AKPS) In Dissemination of Agricultural Information in East Coastal Districts of Andhra Pradesh” was carried out in the year 2017-18. Both purposive and random sampling methods followed for drawing a total sample size of one hundred and twenty from Vizianagaram and Sriikakulam districts. Responses obtained through Pre-tested structured interview schedule was further tabulated and analysed with the help of suitable statistical tools and techniques viz. frequency, percentage, mean, correlation and rank order. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the beneficiary farmers were of middle aged (61.66%), illiterate (34.16 %) and farming as major occupation (45%), belonged small farmers to medium category (35 %), 10-25 years of experience (62.50%), medium economic status (83.33 %), no membership (76.66%), low extension contact (54.16%), medium level of scientific orientation (79.16%), low mass media exposure (50%) and medium level of innovativeness (70.83%). The Majority of the respondents have moderately favourable attitude (44.16%) towards Akps agro advisory service where the messages were partially understandable (41.66%), needful (83.33%), timely (53.33%), saves time& money (83.33%), increase in knowledge (79.16%), increase productivity (83.33%), information can be adoptable in field conditions (43.33%), AKPS is a boon to the farming community (60.83%). Education, occupation annual income, land holding, social participation, scientific orientation, innovativeness, mass media exposure was positively and significantly correlated with impact of AKPS Services whereas Age and farming experience were negatively correlated and found non-significant. About 85.83% of the farmers lack of proper awareness about the benefits of using mobile based agro advisory services in agriculture. Due to lack of network connectivity in remote areas (80%), lack of finance to buy incase of marginal farmers (68.33%), lack of skill in handling mobile extension services like AKPS (61.66), low mobile extension services literacy (56.66%) as the problems and suggested to improve that by synchronization of services in AKPS which can be analyzed by the smart phone with plant picture upon projection on the plant and supply with instant diagnosis of the problems through advanced technology (92.50%), by synchronization the services in akps which can analyze location specific temporal variability of the soil to identify, analyze and manage the soil health by the experts in the mobile itself in a simpler way through advanced technology(90.83%), promoting call conferencing option for callers among scientists /experts for group meetings(90.83%), providing call back facility from the experts to make calls to the farmers by UMANG app through AKPS service (83.33%),improving call recording enhancement facility through IVRS when experts are not available promote desirable standards of the service(80.83%),unrestricted access to internet facility even to the remote areas can bring more beneficiaries under ICT based agro advisory service(60.00%).
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Impact of Extension Contacts In Influencing Farmers In Adoption of Some Selected Innovations,
(Orissa Univesrity of Agriculture and Technology; Bhubaneswar, 1969) Choudhury, Uday Chandra; Kar, Lakshmi Narayan
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Impact of Mass Media in Transferring Technology of Paddy.
(Orissa Univesrity of Agriculture and Technology; Bhubaneswar, 2003) Satpathy, Lal Mohan; Mahapatra, B. K.
Agriculture too is changing from subsistence and traditional to commercialized. The transfer of technology to the level of farmers for increasing production is not a onetime exercise. Improved farm technology is constantly evolved. Mass media owe a great
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IMPACT OF KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA ON FARM WOMEN
(2010) Mohanty, B.K.; Kanungo, A.P.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, KVK is the ‘lighthouse’ to show the vistas of transforming an apparently stale rural production system into an agile, flourishing and vibrating rural economy. KVK has got a clear mandate to uplift and upgrade the status of farmwomen from mere remaining a gender entity to an illuminated, graceful humanity. This is exactly what is being implemented by KVKs through a technology socialization process dovetailed to the cause of farmwomen. The present research has been a modest attempt to study the impact of KVK on farmwomen in adopted and non-adopted villages of KVKs belonging to the district Balesore, Bargarh, Cuttack, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapada, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput of Orissa. The objectives of the study have been (1) To study the Socio-personal profile of woman trained at K.V.K during last 5 years. (2) To examine the training programme of K.V.K for farm women in relation to content methods of training venue and preference of trainees and training need assessment. (3) To find out the extent of adoption of technologies for different subject matter by the trainees as a result of training impacted through K.V.K. (4) To study the feed-back mechanism used by the K.V.K to ascertain impact in the field of trained farms women. (5) To determine the perception of women trainees and non trainees about the programme of K.V.K for women in relation to training programme, content, venue, duration, use of training method and motivation to put learning into action. (6) To find out and analyze the constraints in the training programme as well as adoption of the technology by the women imparted in the training. (7) To suggest the improvement on the basis of the finding for socio economic development of farm women. The predicted variables of the study are Perceived training needs (y1), Perceived training efficacy (y2), Training perception (y3), Adoption level (y4), Perceived training constraints (y5). The exogenous variables of the study have been Age - (x1), Education (x2), Occupation (x3), Family size (x4), Holding size (x5), House Status (x6), Material possession (x7), Income (x8), Farm power (x9), Social participation (x10), Scientific aspiration (x11), Media Exposure (x12). 15 respondents have been selected from each of the adopted and non adopted villages to ultimately figure up a respondents size of 300 farmwomen. The impact of KVK has been assessed in terms of perceived training efficacy imparted through some training components. The impacts have also been measured in terms of changed adoption level relegated to agril-technologies. The findings clearly indicate that there have been distinct differences of responses as to the selected variables/factors on generating impact of KVK on adopted and non-adopted villages. While the variables age (x1), house status (x6), farm power (x9), social participation (x10), scientific aspiration (x11) and media exposure (x12) have been well identified in terms of perceived KVK impact in adopted villages, the other set of variables education (x2), income (x7) and scientific aspiration (x11) have been well predominant in non-adopted villages to characterise the perception on the impact of KVK. This would suggest that the farm women of non adopted villages are not only staying bit out of the canopy of KVK impact, they are also reeling under some barest need to support livelihood like education, income and scientific orientation as well. The factor analysis following PCA (Principal Component Analysis) approach has derived a functional conglomeration of the variables under study into some six cognizable factors viz. Socialization Factor, Perception Factor, Resource Factor, Chronological Factor, Access Factor and Capacity Factor. These would help us to identify strategic point of intervention. The canonical correlation analysis also elicited some strategic implication through having a fine-tuning between right side and left side set of variables. The research outcome suggests that to increase the training efficacy of the KVK , as perceived by the farmwomen, the two variables viz family size (x4), and farm power (x9) should be considered. Small family size may help the farmwomen move out of the domestic chores to receive training better. The farm power with gender designing would also help farm women get them well equipped amidst the pace of modernising agriculture. The research work also has been equipped with a series of models, designs and case studies as well.
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Impact of ‘Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India (BGREI)’ on socio-economic development of farmers of Dhenkanal district of Odisha
(2011) Routroy, Ameresh; Rout, S.K.
The study named “Impact of ‘Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India (BGREI)’ on socio-economic development of farmers of Dhenkanal district of Odisha” was undertaken in Dhenkanal Sadar and Gondia blocks of Dhenkanal district with the objectives of studying the socio-economic attributes, the knowledge of beneficiaries about BGREI, the socio-economic impact of BGREI on the beneficiaries, the attitude of beneficiaries towards BGREI and identifying the constraints faced by them in implementation of the programme. The number of respondents for this study were 120 beneficiaries of BGREI. The data were collected through a pre-tested structured interview schedule with appropriate statistical measures for analysis and interpretation of the data. The major findings of the study revealed that 50% of the beneficiaries belonged to middle age group, 26.67% of the beneficiaries received intermediate education, 46.67% and 40% of the beneficiaries belonged to marginal and small farmer category respectively, 23.33% of the beneficiaries had annual income of Rs.1,00,000 and above. About 93.33% of the beneficiaries had full knowledge about yield maximization of crops due to BGREI, all of the beneficiaries had full knowledge about line transplanting/sowing, 56.67% of the respondents were having moderate level of knowledge about weeders. About 83.33% of the respondents had reported that their socio-economic condition was just improved while 90% of the respondents had agreed that their income was increased after being beneficiaries of BGREI. About 80% and 96.67% of the beneficiaries had strongly agreed that improved varieties and line transplanting/sowing helped in increasing the yield respectively. The study revealed that education, land holding, average annual income, social participation, cosmopoliteness, mass media exposure, extension participation, extension contact, progressiveness, scientific orientation were significantly and positively correlated with the knowledge level and attitude of the beneficiaries about different aspects of BGREI. Low risk bearing ability of farmers, no pre arrangement of inputs, improper problem diagnosis were the major constraints faced by the beneficiaries in implementation of the programme. The study as a whole indicated that BGREI was perceived as one of the beneficial programme in the study area.
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Extent of adoption of pisciculture technology in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha
(2016) Giri, Santosh Kumar; Panigrahi, R.S.
The study titled “Extent of adoption of pisciculture technology in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha” was undertaken in Erasama, Sailo and Tirtol blocks of Jagatsinghpur district with the objectives of studying the socio-economic attributes, the knowledge level of farmers about pisciculture, the extent of adoption of pisciculture technology by the fish farmers, and the constraints in adoption of pisciculture and suggestions to overcome it. The number of respondents for this study were 120 fish growers. The data were collected through a pre-tested structured interview schedule with appropriate statistical measures for analysis and interpretation of the data. The major findings of the study revealed that 60.83% of the fish farmers belonged to middle age group, 49.16% of fish farmers received high school and above education, 90.83% of respondents belonged to marginal and small farmer category, 75.83% fish farmers had more than 10 years of experience in fish farming and 40% of respondents had annual income of Rs.1,20,000 and above. About 70.83% of fish growers had good knowledge on requirement of water filling to compensate the water loss due to seepage and evaporation, 71.67% fish farmers had better knowledge about desirable yield from one hectare pond in a year. About 85.83% of the respondents were having moderate level of knowledge followed by 14.17% respondents acquiring low level of knowledge on all the practices of pisciculture technology that were taken into consideration for the study; only 8.33% respondents had high level of knowledge. The extent of adoption by majority of the fish farmers was medium i.e. 73.33%. Only 5.83% respondents were high adopters indicating that they were putting all the recommended practices into action. The study revealed that farm size, house type, pond size, extension contact, information source use and knowledge level had significant and positive relationship with the adoption of various pisciculture technologies. Inadequate supply of farm publications in local language, lack of demonstration, lack of mass media, lack of training facility were the major extension constraints perceived by the respondents. The study as a whole indicated that fish farming is perceived as one of the profitable and feasible enterprise in the study area. The fish farmers were having good knowledge about fish farming and adopting recommended practices successfully.
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A study on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching programme of OUAT
(2016) Mishra, Amrita; Parasar, B.
A study on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching programme of OUAT was carried out in three different colleges situated purposively selected in Bhubaneswar under OUAT with 80 numbers of respondents (teachers)selected by following proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. Data were collected with help of questionnaire specially developed for studying the general orientation of OUAT teachers towards ICT, extent of use of ICT on the basis of level, subjects and type, level of satisfaction derived by respondent teachers and finally constraints as experienced by respondent teachers while incorporating ICT in their current teaching styles/methods. Data thus collected were analysed with the help of appropriate statistical tools and techniques like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient which revealed the following results. Under general orientation framework, about 96.25% of the respondent found to be fully knowledgeable on e-mail, followed by 91.25% in MS Word and finally 90% each in both MS-Excel and power point presentation. It is also observed that to the extent of 41.25% of respondents use ICT tools and techniques fully in teaching, 38.75% also use these tools fully in research and only 13.75% use such tools and techniques fully in extension activities as and when the respondent teachers take up such type of research and extension activities. In the context of organization support, from respective superiors to sample respondents is very much encouraging as it is enjoyed by 55% of respondent teachers and only 48.75% of the respondent received such type of support from their subordinates. It is further noticed that to the extent of 77.5% of respondents hold a very strong opinion that ICT can improve efficiency and effectiveness which is followed by 70% of respondents who expressed that ICT can speed the work they are doing at present. However to the extent of 71.5% of respondents derived medium level of satisfaction followed by 23.75% and 5% expressed their satisfaction at higher and lower level respectively. Unavailability of software posed as a major constraint as expressed by 35% of respondent teachers. High cost of hard ware and soft ware and unavailability of ICT accessories are other constraints as expressed by 32.5% and 31.25% of the sample respondents respectively. The information which is derived from the coefficient of correlation study indicates that between age and experience of the respondent as independent variables correlated with the extent of use, level of satisfaction and level of confidence in using ICT tools and techniques in three fold mandates like teaching/research/extension as dependent variables where age is significantly and negatively correlated with level of satisfaction. In other experience is found to be positively and significantly correlated with extent of use of ICT tools and techniques. This together indicate that involvement of youth in current scenario of work environment will accelerate the use of ICT tools and techniques as they seem to be quite satisfied with the use of ICT. The situation can further be improved when handled by more experienced young teachers in mandated activities of OUAT i.e. teaching, research or extension.

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