A Comparative Study of Farmer FIRST Programme on Adoption of Agricultural Practices in Haryana

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2019
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The present study was conducted in Hisar and Karnal district of Haryana state. Selection of districts was, purposively because the project is implemented in these districts. From Hisar Gurana was taken as adopted village and Datta as non adopted village whereas from Karnal Garhi Gujran was as adopted and Samora as a non adopted village. 120 respondents were selected from two adopted village and 120 from two non adopted village. Thus a total of 240 respondents were interviewed. The specific objectives of present study were (1) To study the extent of people‟s participation in Farmer FIRST programme (2) To study the impact of programme on agricultural practices and their economical condition (3) Constraints faced by respondent during adoption of programme (4) To analyze the association of various antecedents of agricultural practices . The data were collected through pre-tested structured interview schedule ten important independent variables namely, age, education, socio-economic status, source of irrigation, extension contact, mass-media exposure, scientific orientation, risk orientation, economic motivation and farming system and namely, people‟s participation, impact of FFP on agricultural practices and constraints perceived by the respondents in farmer FIRST Programme were the dependent variables. Majority of the respondents had medium level of participation at all the stages of farmer FIRST Programme. People‟s participation was assessed maximum in resource analysis and planning stage followed by other stages of Farmer FIRST Programme. The impact of farmer FIRST Programme was assessed by comparing the response of respondents from adopted and non-adopted village towards some common agricultural and animal husbandry practices. The adoption level of agricultural practices, adoption level of animal husbandry practices of respondents from FFP adopted village was found higher as compare to respondents from non-adopted village. It was also concluded that farmers had perceived a positive impact of FF programme on their economical aspects. The study revealed that selected independent variables i.e. education, socio-economic status, extension contact, mass-media exposure, , risk orientation, economic motivation and farming with the respondents from FFP adopted village, the results showed the positive relationship with adoption of crops and animal husbandry practices as compare to the respondents from non-adopted village. The constraint analysis revealed that lack of co-operation among farmers, local political interference, lack of clear understanding of project objectives, non-availability of funds at proper time, irregularity in payment of wages, insufficient staff to carry out the project successfully, lack of co-operation from village panchayat in implementing the project, lack of interest in learning new skills by farmers, decisions made at higher level without consulting people, lack of proper monitoring and follow up of the project and lack of demonstration were the main constraints perceived by the respondents as serious to very serious constraints in implication of farmer FIRTS programme.
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