INDIGENOUS WEATHER FORECASTING PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS OF GONDIA DISTRICT.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Koshti, Dr. N. R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | KUMBHARE, TARUN MANOJ. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-26T14:54:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-26T14:54:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-09 | |
| dc.description | Each individual possess only a part of the communities’ indigenous knowledge. It is increasingly emerging that the provision of context-specific and user-friendly weather forecasting information determines the resilience of farmers to variability and climate change. Farmers depend mainly on indigenous weather forecasting practices to inform their agricultural and pastoral practices and decision. As the population of veteran farmer who passes indigenous knowledge not going to last long, a major cause of loss of indigenous knowledge is disruption of traditional channels of oral communication. Such research studies are urgent, because a great deal of knowledge is rapidly being lost. Thus, documentation and validation of indigenous weather forecasting knowledge is essential to reduce adverse changes in climate with local knowledge. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study was carried out in Deori Panchayat samiti of Gondia district in Maharashtra state. This area was selected purposively because of tribal communities viz. Pardhan, Halbi and Gond are predominant and hold ITK in this region. The exploratory design was used as the study as the study has been emphasized on ascertaining the knowledge and adoption of indigenous weather forecasting practices already known by the farmers. The results of independent variables show that that 81.33 per cent respondents were male and only 18.67 per cent respondents were female, relatively higher proportion of respondents (30.00) per cent had education level up to high school, relatively higher proportion of the respondents (54.67) per cent had farming experience Above 39.4 years, higher proportion of respondents 38.67 belonged to marginal land holding, 66 per cent were having annual income in between Rs. 16,359 to 84,404 Rupees. 70.66 per cent respondents possessed livestock possession, relatively higher proportion of respondents 50.00 per cent had medium level of social participation, majority of respondents 62.00 per cent had medium level of source of information, It was observed that respondents 64.67 per cent had medium level of extension contact. As regard the dependent variable knowledge had medium to high level of knowledge and medium to low level of adoption of indigenous weather forecasting practices With regard to relational analysis, Farmers with higher farming experience, extension contact acquire more knowledge about indigenous weather forecasting practices and positive and highly significant correlation. Education has negative but highly significant correlation. Land holding and annual income has non-significant and negative correlation. The reason for highly significant but negative correlation of education with knowledge of respondent about indigenous weather forecasting practices would be the respondent has traditional experience got from their forefathers from one generation to next generation. By this they can get the knowledge about indigenous weather forecasting practices without getting formal information. The reason for non-significant correlation of gender, livestock possession and land holding, source of information with knowledge may be due to the fact that the community those are engaged in farming have tremendous impact of indigenous weather forecasting practices and still they are engaged in it. Farming experience, Extension contact and Knowledge had positive and highly significant correlation with adoption of indigenous weather forecasting practices. Social participation had positive and significant correlation with adoption of respondent about indigenous weather forecasting practices. Variable such as Education had negative and highly significant relation with adoption. All other variables are non-significant. The respondent with less education, higher farming experience, small land holding, low source of information, and livestock possession tends to believe more on indigenous weather forecasting practices because less potential of sustaining and indigenous weather forecasting practices are cost free, does not cause any harm, so they have knowledge about this practices significant with adoption. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | KUMBHARE, TARUN MANOJ. (2019). Indigenous weather forecasting practices among farmers of Gondia district. Department of extension education, Nagpur. Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. M. Sc. 2019. Print. xiii 108p. (unpublished). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810169287 | |
| dc.keywords | Knowledge, Indigenous, Communication, Weather. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.pages | xiii, 108p. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra. | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | The present study entitled, “Indigenous weather forecasting practices among farmers of Gondia district” was undertaken to study the profile of farmers, to document the indigenous weather forecasting practices to study the knowledge, and adoption of tribal farmers about indigenous weather forecasting practices, to study the relationship between selected characteristics of farmers with their knowledge and adoption about indigenous weather forecasting practices. | en_US |
| dc.sub | Extension Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social Science, Agriculture Extension. | en_US |
| dc.theme | The present study on Indigenous weather forecasting practices among farmers of Gondia district of Eastern Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State with sample size of 150 respondents from 15 villages. Data were collected on personal, socio-economic, situational, communicational and psychological profile of farmers. Data from the respondents were collected by personally interviewing with the help of present and well-structured interview schedule. | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | INDIGENOUS WEATHER FORECASTING PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS OF GONDIA DISTRICT. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |