Impact of Extension Interventions on Mass production and Adoption of Trichoderma spp. Among Women Self- Help-Group Members and Farmers in Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka
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2009-07-15
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
Abstract
The study was conducted in Eastern dry zone of Karnataka. 32
women SHG members producing Trichoderma and 90 farmers using
Trichoderma were randomly selected for the study. Due to the
influence of extension interventions 59.5 per cent of women SHG
members had high knowledge regarding Trichoderma production. The
variables like mass media usage, social participation, social capital,
savings, material possession and type of house had significant
relationship with knowledge. Further, 46.8 per cent of them had
medium employment level. The variables like education, type of house
and economic motivation had significant relationship with
employment of women SHG members. About 40.6 per cent of women
SHG members had low income level and the variables like family type,
land holding, material possession and social capital had significant
relationship with income of women SHG members. About 31.2 per
cent of the women SHG members opined their communication was
highly increased with development organisations, 81.3 per cent
expressed increased respect among relatives and 40 per cent felt
increased control over income in the family. The women SHG
members obtained Rs 2.51 per rupee investment. Cent per cent of
them perceived competition from private large Trichoderma production
units as major constraint in marketing, excess tension and challenge
as personal constraint and 87.5 per cent expressed lack of time as
production constraint. Due to the implementation of extension
interventions 40 per cent of the farmers had medium knowledge about
the usage of Trichoderma and the variables like income, social
participation and mass media had significant relationship with
knowledge. Majority of them adopted Trichoderma in the year 2008
and used Trichoderma for vegetable crops. Farmers perceived less
investment on plant protection chemicals as major advantage of using
Trichoderma. The major suggestion given by farmers to improve
marketing of Trichoderma was conducting demonstrations on the farmer's field.
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