Impact of Happy Seeder on Socio-economic status of farmers in Haryana
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2020-08
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CCSHAU,HiSAR
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Wheat is major cropping system in North West India with cropping intensity of nearly 200 %. The huge quantity of paddy straw after the combine harvesting of paddy is to be managed in 15-20 days to plant next succeeding wheat crop. Keeping in mind this short window of time, farmers prefer to burn rice residue after combine harvesting of crop because residues interfere with tillage and seeding operations for the next crop. According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers welfare (2018), total paddy straw produced in Haryana and Punjab together is 28.10 million tonnes (2018 estimates) out of which 11.3 million tonnes was burnt in the fields.. Though a number of machines are available for straw management, Happy Seeder is one of the unique techniques which is used for sowing wheat in standing stubbles of crop residue. The study was conducted in two agro-climate zones of Haryana namely dry zone and wet zone. Two districts i.e. Kaithal and Fatehabad were randomly selected from both the zones. From each of two selected districts, one block was i.e. Pundri from Kaithal & Ratia from Fatehabad were randomly selected for the purpose of the study. After the selection of blocks, a cluster of villages were randomly selected for the purpose of the study. 30 adopters and 30 non-adopters respondents were selected from each block on the whole 120 respondents were selected for the purpose of the study. The findings of the study revealed that Knowledge level of adopters was more as compare to non -adopters. From the discussion and data it was also found out that the major reasons for adoption were that happy seeder is a environment friendly technology, reduce fuel and labor cost, improves soil health & increase yield than conventional method whereas shortage of information, more hiring charges, more complex technology, not beneficial and not affordable were the reasons for non-adoption. Regarding socio-economic impact expenditure on social ceremonies increased after adoption of Happy Seeder such as expenditure on marriage, expenditure on children education. To increase the rate of adoption of Happy Seeder technology the extension activities should be increase among farmers.