A STUDY ON TECHNOLOGICAL GAP IN ADOPTION OF IMPROVED CHILLI CULTIVATION PRACTICES IN YADGIR AND RAICHUR DISTRICTS OF KARNATAKA
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2012-06-30
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A Study on technological gap in adoption of improved chilli cultivation practices in Yadgir and Raichur districts of Northern-Karnataka was carried out during 2010-12. Following the Simple random sampling, 120 respondents were selected from 12 villages of four taluks in the selected districts. The data was elicited through personal interview method and analysed using frequency and percentage.
The major findings were:
Over one third of the respondents (35.00%) belonged to high and medium (33.33%) level of knowledge on chilli cultivation practices. similar percentage of respondents (35.83%) belonged to high technological gap category.
High technological gap was found in the practices like use of weedicides (85.00%), seed rate (82.50%), seed bed preparation (80.83%) and use of chemical fertilizer (80.83%) and low technological gap was found with respect to variety (20.63%), use of planofix (20.00%) and seedlings per hill (35.00%).
Majority (68.33%) of the respondents were middle aged, over one fourth (25.83%) were illiterate, 41.66 per cent of them had low farming experience, and majority (73.33%) of them belonged to high annual income category.
Over half (55.83%) of the respondents contacted local progressive farmers and 41.67 per cent of respondents contacted scientists of UAS whenever problem aroused. Moreover, majority of chilli growers (78.33%) participated regularly in krishimela.
A large majority (91.67%) of the respondents possessed television, whereas, over half (55.83%) of the respondents possessed mobile followed by 48.33 per cent who subscribed to newspaper.
Majority of the respondents had low risk taking ability (50.83%) and medium scientific orientation (41.67%).
Majority of the farmers expressed problem of price fluctuation (78.33%) followed by inadequate irrigation facility (62.50%), non availability of labourers at critical stages & high wages (62.50%), non availability of good quality inputs at proper price at right time (59.17%). majority of the respondents suggested that minimum support price should be fixed for chilli (86.67%) .
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