A STUDY ON ADOPTION PATTERN OF GINGER PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY BY THE FARMERS OF RAIGARH DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH
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2016
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Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur
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The present investigation was carried out during the year of 2015-16 in 12 selected villages of Baramkela, Pussore, and Lailunga Blocks of Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh state.
Total 120 farmers were selected for the present study. The data were collected through personal interview and analyzed by using appropriate statistical methods like mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage, correlation and multiple regression analysis etc. for the interpretation of the data.
The findings of this study revealed that the majority of the respondents were found educated up to middle school level, belonged to OBC category and had no membership in any organization. Maximum numbers of the respondents were small farmers with Agriculture + ginger cultivation work as their main occupation and belonged to the income category of 1,00,000 to 2,00,000.
Majority of the ginger growers had medium contact with extension agencies and Horticulture department was found as the most frequent visiting extension agencies from where the respondents obtained latest information regarding ginger production technology.
Majority of the respondents had medium utilization of information sources, most of the respondents had moderately favorable attitude and majority of the respondents had medium level of scientific orientation.
The overall level of knowledge of ginger production technology was medium. Maximum knowledge was noticed in the practice of harvesting, time of sowing seed rate and earthing up.
Overall adoption was medium and adoption in selected practices revealed that the maximum adoption was observed in time of sowing, seed rate, earthing up and harvesting practices.
Correlation analysis reveals that the variables i.e. age, land holding, annual income, contact with extension agencies, source of information, and level of knowledge were found positively and significant correlation with adoption of ginger production technology. The remaining four variables viz. Education, caste, family size, occupation, and source of irrigation and scientific orientation had non-significant correlation with adoption of ginger production technology.
Multiple regression analysis reveals that the variables i.e. land holding, source of information, source of irrigation, and knowledge about ginger production technology showed the positive and significant contribution in the adoption of ginger production technology.
So far as the problems faced by the ginger growers in adoption of ginger production technology are concerned the major problems reported were more incidences of diseases, lack of proper price of ginger at local market, high price of improved varieties, improper market facilities, low production due to local variety and complicated technique of seed treatment, non availability of improved varieties at proper time, lack of knowledge about improved variety and lack of knowledge about diseases, symptoms and their control measures etc.
Some of the major suggestions proposed by the ginger growers to overcome the problems faced by them during the adoption ginger production technology it was observed that training programmes should be organized on plant protection measures at village level, government should provide timely and good quality seed of ginger at proper time, government should provide storage facilities, market facilities should be increases etc.
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