Adoption and impact assessment of Direct Seeded Rice technology in Sri Muktsar Sahib district of Punjab
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2018
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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The present study examines the adoption and impact assessment of Direct Seeded Rice technology in terms of input use, cost effectiveness, and addressing the sustainability issues at the farm level in Sri Muktsar Sahib district of Punjab using primary data. Study highlighted that during 2005-06 to 2014-15 average area under resource conservation techniques (RCTs) was the highest in district Sangrur with 76467 hectares followed by Ludhiana with 60033 hectares. Growth analysis of area under RCTs revealed that district Ferozpur, Hoshiarpur and Sri Muktsar Sahib observed 46.96, 29.31 and 23.88 per cent per annum significant growth rate respectively. Input use pattern revealed saving of 56.27 per cent and 51.23 per cent in human labour in basmati DSR and non-basmati DSR. The machine labour saving in basmati and non-basmati was 28.47 per cent and 37.79 per cent respectively with DSR. Results brought out that saving in number of irrigations for basmati DSR and non-basmati DSR were 50 and 43 per cent respectively. The per hectare total variable cost in basmati DSR (`22232) was lower when compared with TM (`27682) and in non-basmati per hectare total variable cost in non-basmati DSR (`22246) was also lower when compared with TM (`29376). The returns per rupee spend on basmati TM was `3.32 against `4.17 in DSR and in non-basmati returns per rupee spend on TM was `3.90 against `5.22 in DSR. In case of DSR, there was no significant difference in yield between DSR and TM of basmati as well as non-basmati. Study suggested that for faster adoption of DSR, subsidy should be made hassle-free, role of extension services need to be strengthen. Custom hiring should be increased through co-operative societies and co-farmers keeping in view the high cost of seed drill.
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