“CONSTRAINTS ANALYSIS IN ADOPTION OF COMPOSITE FISH CULTURE TECHNOLOGY AMONG THE TRIBAL FARMERS OF KONDAGAON DISTRICT IN BASTAR REGION OF C. G.’’
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2014
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Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Raipur
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The present study was carried out during 20013-14 in the Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh state. This study aimed to analyze the constraints in adoption of recommended composite fish culture technology. Three purposively selected blocks namely Kondagaon, Makadi, Pharasgaon located in Kondagaon district where selected for the purpose of the study. The sample size was comprised of 112 fish farmers as respondents. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule and analyzed by suitable statistical analysis.
Socio-economic characteristics of the respondents indicated that the majority (46.42%) of them had illiterate and 35.72 per cent membership in two and more than two organizations. As regarding to socio- economic profile, majority of the respondents (41.96%) were having up to10 years of fish farming. All the selected respondents had three occupation namely fish farming, agriculture and animal husbandry at a time, (46.42%) of the respondents were found in low level of annual income category, 60.00 per cent had taken the mid-term credit and in case of credit, the maximum number of the respondents (40%) had acquired credit from the co-operative society in which (72%) have not acquired it so easily. Majority 54.46 per cent had contact with the progressive farmers regularly for seeking information on composite fish culture. Most of them (70.53%) were having medium level of overall information sources and 74.10 per cent respondents were found under the category of medium level of overall scientific orientation.
In the context of knowledge, majority of the respondents were having low level of knowledge regarding recommended fish farming technology for assessing the level of dissolved oxygen in pond (100.00%), while in case of medium level of knowledge regarding recommended composite fish farming technology (66.96%) respondents had medium level of knowledge regarding supplementary feed, 68.75 per cent respondents had medium level of overall knowledge. Out of all the Constraints in adoption of fish production technology, unavailability of improved breeds and ideal fingerlings was perceived by majority of the respondents (93.75%) as ‘Most important’ constraints and 72.32 per cent respondents reported high cost of pond construction as important constraints as perceived by them. Majority of the respondents (78.57%) had using pond for bathing purpose, 77.67 per cent of the respondents were having no use of irrigation facility and 28 per cent of the respondents had high coverage area under irrigation through tube well. 44 per cent respondents had
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irrigation for their ponds having entisols (bhata soil) and 44 per cent were having the high availability of water for more than 11 month through the tube well and most of the respondents (89.28%) had small water bodies. 95.93 per cent respondents had high duration of water availability for composite fish farming and in case of distance of water body to the residence, 33.92 per cent of them having long distance from pond to residence. Majority of the fish farmers had use of catla, rohu and mrigal fish species for farming and (70.53%) sold their produce in the local market of existing pattern.
Regarding correlation coefficient, variables like education, social participation, fish farming experience, occupation, credit availability, source of information, scientific orientation, knowledge about composite fish farming, use of ponds for other purpose, source of water in pond, duration of water availability and extent of adoption of recommended composite fish culture was found negatively and significantly related with overall constraints analysis in adoption of composite fish culture at 0.01 per cent level of significance.
However in case of multiple regression analysis, only 4 variables namely education, scientific orientation, knowledge about composite fish farming and extant of adoption of composite fish farming technology had negative and significant contribution at 0.01 level of probability with the overall constraints of composite fish farming technology.
Majority of the respondents (98.21%) gave suggestion for timely supply of low cost fish seed from co-operative societies and state fisheries development agencies and 93.75 per cent of the respondents submitted their suggestion for providing related technical information for improvement in the knowledge level of the farmers from state fisheries department and Gram Panchayat level. 91.07 per cent respondents suggested that provision of low cost feed supply should be made by govt. agencies. 89.28 per cent respondents suggested conducting demonstrations especially on fish production technology, government should make arrangement of sufficient water for fish farming specially in summer season as suggested by (87.50%) fish farmers and 85.55 of the respondents suggested that FEOs should visit regular in the village and provide technical guidance to the fish farmers, 83.03 per cent of them suggested that government officials should monitor the fish species cultivated by the farmers, especially the carnivorous species.
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“CONSTRAINTS ANALYSIS IN ADOPTION OF COMPOSITE FISH CULTURE TECHNOLOGY AMONG THE TRIBAL FARMERS OF KONDAGAON DISTRICT IN BASTAR REGION OF C. G.’’, Agricultural Extension
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