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Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur

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    A study on role of farm women in decision making process in vegetable cultivation in jabalpur block of jabalpur district (M.P.)
    (JNKVV, 2014) Garg, Shiv Sharan; Jaiswal, D.K.
    ABSTRACT Decision making is the process of consciously choosing courses of action from available alternatives and integration of them for the purpose of achieving the desired goal. It is well known fact that the success of rural development process largely depends and policy maker because of increasing imbalance generation out of development the participation of people at large irrespective of sex. The problem of involving women’s participation in the development process is now catching the attention of planner’s process. Although the legal and constitutional provision for equal statues they have been traditional put in a weak position in Indian society and have subordinate role to play. Thus, women’s participation in decision-making is the prerogative of the males as head of the farm families. It also appeared that any decision taken was strongly influenced by the attitude and opinion of their female partners. Therefore, a proper understanding of the complexity of the decision-making process in rural farm families and ascertaining the role of farm women in the process will help in toning up agricultural, vegetable cultivation, modernization in the country as well as transformation of rural family life. In spite of this fact, women share most of the family responsibilities and perform wide range of duties based research. It can be stated the increasing number of rural women in India are not simply housewives but are in the fact farmers. They play various roles in agricultural operation including vegetable cultivation. Realizing the importance of ascertaining the nature and extent of intensity of role of farm women in decision making related to vegetable operations and looking to the major role that women play in rural area, it has been decided to undertake a study entitled, “A study on role of farm women in decision making process in vegetable cultivation in Jabalpur block of Jabalpur district (M.P.)” with the following specific objectives: 1. To study the profile of selected farm women. 2. To determine the role of farm women in decision making process related to vegetable, cultivation practices. 3. To find out the association between dependent and independent variables. 4. To know the constraints faced by the farm women in decision making process in vegetable cultivation and suggestions to overcome them. The present investigation was conducted in Jabalpur block of Jabalpur district having 208 villages out of the total 10 villages those having highest farm woman were selected randomly for present study. In this study, the selected independent variables were socio personal such as age, annual income, socio-economic-status, extension participation, information seeking behaviour, mass media exposure, cosmopoliteness, economic motivation, innovativeness, management orientation, and market orientation. The dependent variable was extent of decision making. The data were collected with the help of pre-tested interview schedule and converted into scores and then analyzed into frequencies and percentages. Chi-square test was used to observe the association between independent variables of farm women and extent of decision making as dependent variable. The variables of the study were abstracted through past research review and hypotheses were tested in null form. Conclusions: (A) Profile of the selected farm women: Majority of farm women were from middle age group, annual income and socio economic status had moderate level. Majority of the farm women had low extension participation and low information seeking behavior. Most of the farm women possessed medium mass media exposure and were from low cosmopoliteness and were medium economic motivation, innovativeness, management orientation, and market orientation from medium level. (B) Role of farm women in decision making process related to vegetable, cultivation practices : Majority of the farm women (47.27%) had moderate participation in decision making process, as related to vegetable operations. During the research study, it was observed that majority of farm women had always taken decision regarding selection of crop, quantity of seed, sowing time of seed, weeding, use of manures, harvesting, picking and grain storage. They were rarely involved in decision making regarding nursery management, field preparation, selection of variety, irrigation, seed treatment and marketing and use of fertilizers, plant protection measures as it required more scientific knowledge and skill. (C) Association between dependent and independent variables: Age had non-significant association and influenced the role in decision making process related to vegetable operations, whereas annual income socio economic status, extension participation, information seeking behaviour, mass media exposure, cosmopolitness, economic motivation, innovativeness, management orientation, and market orientation had significant association with decision making process of vegetable operations of the farm women. (D) Problems faced by the farm women in decision making process in vegetable cultivation and suggestions for better decision making of farm women: (1) Problems faced by beneficiaries: Male dominance, no knowledge about improved technology and lack of education were the most important problems affecting the decision making process reported by tribal farm women. Other factors in order of sequence were, poor economic status of the family, management of time for farm and home activities, lack of information about the solution to the problem, lack of knowledge, higher time consumption for household works, inability to take decisions, family norms, lack of proper guidance for taking decisions, high cost of farm material, lack of marketing facilities and no permission to take decision due to younger age. (2)Suggestions for better decision making of farm women: The problems of farm women in India are multifarious and multidimensional. These problems can be solved by changing the attitude of family, society and nation towards the women. * * *
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    A stucy on adoption behaviour of improved Potato poduction technology among the farmers of chhindwara block in chhindwara district (M.P.)
    (JNKVV, 2014) Suryawanshi, Deepali; Pyasi, D.K.
    ABSTRACT Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) family (Solanaceae) is one of the most important food crop of the world. Potato has been cultivated in Nepal for a long time and it has become one of the most popular crop for vegetable purposes. Potatoes are economical food since they provide a source of low cost energy to the human diet. They are rich source of starch and vitamins especially C and B1 and minerals. They contain 20.6% carbohydrates, 2.1% protein, 0.3% fat, 1.1% crude fiber and 0.9% ash on fresh weight basis. It also contain good amount of essential amino acids like leucine, tryptophane and isoleucine etc. In India, potato is grown over an area of 1.87 million hectares, with a production of about 41.32 million tones and productivity 22074 kg/ha. . In M.P. potato is grown over a00 n area in 788hectares with a production of about 944400 tones. The productivity of potato is about 119.90 q/ha. Chhindwara division is the largest potato producing division in M.P. and its cultivation is done mainly in Chhindwara district. It is recorded from the available data that out of the total area of 3935 hectares under potato crop in Chhindwara district with a total production of 76603 tons and productivity 19470 q. /ha. The Chhindwara block shares an area of 2015 hectares only with a production of about 50375 metric tones. Even though the area under potato cultivation is high in Chhindwara district but the productivity is low (25 tonnes/ha) as compared to other potato growing district. So, there is a need to increase productivity through improved production technology. Based on this "A study on adoption behaviour of improved potato production technology among the farmers of Chhindwara block in Chhindwara district (M.P.)" has been undertaken with the following specific objectives:- • To know the profile of selected potato growers. • To determine the level of adoption of the recommended improved potato production technology among the selected growers. • To ascertain the association between the profile of the potato growers with their extent of adoption. • To identify the constraints in adoption of improved production technology of potato crop and suggest the measures to overcome them. In order to achieve these objectives, the investigation was carried out in Chhindwara block of Chhindwara district (MP). By using random sampling method 120 potato growers were selected from 10 villages. Data were collected with the help of pretested interview schedule. The data were analyzed by investigator using frequency, percentage, mean, Chi-square test and rank order. Most of the potato growers belonged to middle age group and acquired education upto middle school level. Maximum of them belonged to OBC category, having joint type of family and marginal size of land holding. Majority of the potato growers were growing potato crop in medium area of land in rabi season. It was also found that potato growers had medium number of farm power and other implements. Most of the potato growers were having mixed house type, medium material possession and had medium social participation. Majority of the potato growers were having medium experience in potato cultivation and had medium income. The study revealed that most of the potato growers had medium economic motivation, medium risk preference, low extension participation, medium mass media exposure, low information seeking behaviour, medium innovativeness and had medium market orientation. In case of knowledge level about different technological components, it was observed that seed and sowing management were perceived as more important components, whereas weed management, fertilizer management, irrigation management and storage management were perceived as less important technological components and also low knowledge level regarding improved potato production technology. Association between attributes of potato growers and adoption behaviour like age, education, size of land holding, area under potato crops, experience in potato cultivation, family type, cast, farm power, material possession, social participation, annual income, economic motivation, risk preference, extension participation, mass media exposure, information seeking behaviour, innovativeness, marketing orientation, knowledge level were found to be significant with adoption behaviour of improved potato production technology. Whereas house type and occupation had shown non- significant association with adoption behaviour of potato growers. The major constraints reported by the potato growers were electricity problem, lack of availability of technical information from gram panchayat, less rate of potato in the market, lack of training regarding improved potato production technology, lack of knowledge about insects and diseases, high cost of seed, fertilizers, insecticides, and implements, non availability of inputs in village and insufficient knowledge about the seed treatment and their doses. Similarly, majority of potato growers suggested that the electricity should be made available, technical potato production training should be given, visit of RAEOs should be more, rate of seeds, fertilizers, insecticides should be available in low cost, minimum support price should be attractive demonstrations should be conducted at the farmers field by agriculture department for transfer of improved potato production technology among the potato growers.
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    Determinants of livelihood patterns among rural youth in Jabalpur district of Madhya pradesh, India
    (JNKVV, 2015) Umunnakwe, Victor Chibuzor; Pyasi, V.K.
    ABSTRACT Many rural youth are faced with difficulty of maintaining livelihoods and consequently, poverty remains pervasive among them. The importance of income generating activities to rural livelihood cannot be over-emphasized. The study looked into socio-economic, psychological and communicational factors influencing rural youth’s involvement in both agricultural and non- agricultural livelihood activities in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Multi-stage random sampling was used to collect data from 247 respondents through interview schedule. Frequency counts and percentages were used to present data while Pearson product moment correction (PPMC) and regression analysis were used to test relationships. The results revealed that majority of the respondents were from other backward caste (66%), married (72.10%), conservative (59.11%), fatalistic (56.28%), aspired no further education (53.00%), belonged to joint (57.90%) and medium (50.60%) size families as well as families that were self-employed in agriculture (59.50%). Higher percentages of the respondents and their fathers were educated up to higher school and above, had medium rural life preference, economic motivation, innovativeness and socio-political participation. In addition, higher percentages of the respondents had high media exposure, urban contact and aspired business as their preferred occupation as well as low extension participation. Huge majority (75.71%) of the respondents participated in cereal production while more than half of the respondents were involved in pulse production (56.28%) and petty trading (53.44%). Marital status, respondents’ education, employment status, fatalism-scienticism, mass media exposure and extension contact were predictors of involvement in both agricultural as well as non-agricultural livelihood activities. Factors like innovativeness, family size, conservatism-liberalism, socio-political participation and reasons for educational and vocational training influenced only involvement in agricultural livelihood activities while determinants of involvement in non-agricultural livelihood activities included family occupation, rural life preference, achievement motivation and economic motivation. There was significant relationship between involvement in total livelihood activities and socio- economic/psychological characteristics (R2=0.475). Marital status (t=2.913), respondents’ education (t=-3.467), employment status (t=3.770), achievement motivation (t=2.719), innovativeness (t=3.321), fatalism-scienticism (t=- 3.707), mass media exposure (t=8.469) and reasons for educational and vocational training (t=5.122) were predictors of rural youth’s involvement in livelihood activities (agricultural and non-agricultural) at 1 percent significant level while more than 1/3 of the total accountable variation was explained by mass media exposure. Marital status; fathers’ educational attainment; family type, Achievement motivation, risk orientation, economic motivation, innovativeness, educational aspiration, occupational aspiration, conservatism- liberalism, fatalism-scienticism, mass media exposure, urban contact, extension contact, extension participation and socio-political participation had significant relationships with involvement in livelihood activities. Inter correlations among independent variables showed that caste was related to marital status and educational attainment while achievement motivation, risk orientation, economic motivation and innovativeness were found to be positively inter-correlated among each other. Inadequate finance and lack of marketing facilities were among the prominent constraints to livelihood activities. From the findings of this research, It was concluded that some socio-personal, psychological and communicational factors influence livelihood patterns of rural youth in the study area. The study therefore recommends that separate agricultural extension unit be established to cater for youth’s needs in agricultural production which is presently subsumed in general extension delivery. The significant variables of the present study should be considered by rural development policy makers when undertaking programmes aimed at enhancing rural youth’s livelihoods.