Opinion of farmers” regarding crop diversification in Punjab
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2019
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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The rice-wheat cropping pattern in the State of Punjab create some serious issue related to agriculture such as, decline in the water table, deterioration of soil fertility, loss of biodiversity, and microorganism, emergence of new insect pest etc. Farmers of the Punjab intensively use fertilizer and pesticides especially in case paddy crops which lead to deterioration of ground water table and soil fertility etc, in view these facts this study was conducted to know Opinion of farmers” regarding crop diversification in Punjab with objective; opinion of farmers regarding crop diversification, Socio-economic reasons for non-adoption of crop diversification, Suggestion of farmers regarding crops diversification. The study was conducted in three randomly selected districts followed by six randomly selected block (two from each district) further twelve village were randomly selected (two from each block). From each selected village 15 respondents from non-adopters category and 6 adopters, (2 from each small, medium and large category) were selected. In this way total 21 farmers were selected from each village and total 252 respondents comprised the sample of the study. Out of these 252 respondents 72 respondents were adopter and 180 respondents were non-adopter. The response of the respondent was recorded through questionnaire was used for the adopters and non-adopters to study opinion of the respondents regarding crop diversification. Findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents adopters and non-adopters belonged to middle age group, adopters were literate having qualification upto senior secondary level, while non- adopters had metric level education, majority of adopters and non- adopters belonged to nuclear family, majority of adopters had large land holding while non-adopters had small land holding, adopters prefer internet and non- adopters were prefer whatsapp, adopters and non-adopters were more participative in cooperative societies and influenced from pesticide dealers. Majority of non-adopters were preferred to grow maize-wheat crop rotation if government provides minimum support price (MSPs). Majority of non-adopters responded that lack of marketing facilities, lack of minimum support price (MSPs) in case of other crops, youth is getting away from agriculture these are the socio-economic reasons that hinder the adoption of crop diversification. Various suggestions were provided by respondents and majority said that government should provide Minimum Support Price on all crops for enhancing the adoption of crop diversification. On the basis of the major findings of the study concluded that the government should provide basic input for alternative crops and also provides assured marketing as well as minimum support price (MSPs) for all alternative to uplift the crop diversification index in estate of Punjab.
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