1 Isolation, I dentification and Char a cterization o f Native Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) Strains and their Evaluation for Insecticidal Activity Against Tribolium c astaneum ( Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae )
Loading...
Date
2014
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Division of Entomology Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi
Abstract
Organic farming is one amongthe broad spectrum of production methods
that are supportive of the environment.
Even though organic farming is gaining
popularity in several Indian states, like that
of
Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra, literature lacks in the survey based
assessment
of feasibility of
organic farming.
Therefore, the study was undertaken
in
Nashik
distri
ct of
Maharashtra
to assess the
adoption of
organic
farming and its determinants
and
constraints,t
o examine input use
and
profitability
in
organic
farming
vis
-
à
-
vis
tradi
tional farming in selected
crops.
Primary
data
was
collect
ed
from
randomly
selected
60
organic
and
60
traditional farm
er
s
from Nas
h
ik and Niphad block
for
the
a
gricultural
y
ear 20
12
-
1
3
.
Tabular analysis,
L
ogit regression
,
Garret
t
’s
r
anking
and
F
arm business analysis
were employed to
analyze the data
.
The
organic farming cultivation is
domina
ted by
medium and large
farms
in the
study area. The adoption of
organic
farm
ing practices
was impressive except
traps,
which was
poorly
adopted
by the farmers
.
Logit regression results
show
ed
that
livestock and education
we
re the factors which
positively and
significantly
influence adoption of
organic
farm
practices
.
Further, farmers’
perception indicated premium price, market demand and technical guidance
also as important determinants.
Although, the cost of
tomato
cultivation was higher
, and t
he yield lower
on
organic
farms
than that of traditional farms
,
organic
farming
was
found to be
generating impressively higher returns in comparison to traditional farms.On
organic
grape
farms
also
, the returns were found
impressively
higher than the
traditional farms
.
Organic g
rape cultivation
was
economi
cally feasible as
NPW, BC ratio
and IRR were impressive.
Decomposition analysis
revealed
that
,
of the total change in
income
, the change due to
organic
farming
practices
was
41
per cent
. On the other
hand, contribution of inputs was negative (24 per
cent).
Non availability of labour
,
high transportation cost
,
lack of
proper
technical guidance
,
p
roblem of certification
and
n
on
-
availability of quality bio
-
inputs
were found to
be the
major constraints
to
adoption of
organic
farming.
The
linkages in input and output marketing to the organic farming was provided
mainly by farmers’ cooperatives, along with other institutions like
private
agencies and State Agricultural University
. Input sharing among the farmer
s
were also observed.
Organic farming can thus be considered as a suitable option
for
healthier
soil,
environment, enhancing quantity and quality of agricultural productivity
and improving rural livelihoods
. T
he efforts should be directed to enhance the
adoption of
organic
farming
by providing proper technical guidance and quality
bio inputs at a nominal price,
and
to strengthen the forward linkages for
stabilizing prices and enhancing the
Description
t-9035
Keywords
null