Adoption of maize cultivation practices by the farmers in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state
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2017
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SKUAST-Jammu
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The present study entitled, “Adoption of maize cultivation practices by the farmers in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state” was conducted in five districts namely Doda, Kathua, Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur of the Jammu region of J&K state. A sample of 220 maize growers was selected by multi-stage random sampling from 22 villages from 11 tehsils of 5 selected districts. Non-experimental diagnostic research design was employed for the study. The study was aimed to find out the knowledge level of the farmers, adoption of recommended maize cultivation practices, varietal diversity index of maize, factors affecting input use in maize crop and factors affecting productivity of maize crop in the Jammu region .The study revealed that majority of the maize growers were: middle aged [(48%) in the age group of 43-62 years], literate (84%), marginal and small landholding farmers (80%), and only 6 percent were exclusively dependent on farming. Majority (47%) respondents had medium knowledge level, 38 percent had low and only 15 percent had high knowledge level. Regarding adoption of different maize production technologies, overall 46 percent of maize growers had medium adoption level, 41 percent had low adoption level and only 13 percent were in high adoption category. Adoption of composite maize varieties, seed treatment, fertilizer management, insect pest and disease management and herbicide use was low. Annual income and knowledge score of farmers significantly affected the adoption of hybrid seed (R2=0.11). Use of hybrid seed and distance of fertilizer store from village were the factors significantly affecting the adoption of urea (R2=0.47). Farming experience, social participation, landholding and use of hybrid seeds were the variables which significantly impacted the farmers decision to adopt DAP (R2=0.28) whereas the variables use of hybrid seeds, knowledge score and distance from fertilizer store significantly affected the adoption of MOP (R2=0.20). Adoption of herbicides was significantly affected by the variable knowledge score of the farmer (R2=0.13).The drivers of maize productivity were: application of MOP, cultivation of hybrid varieties and number of hoeing (R2=.23). The adoptability index of maize cultivars ranged between 0.12 and 0.80.The output-input ratio was the highest in district Kathua (1.95) and least in district Udhampur (1.08).The results of the study provides empirical feedback about the adoption of technologies by maize growers, factors that needs to be addressed to increase the productivity of maize crop in the Jammu region.
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Adoption of maize cultivation practices by the farmers in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state
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