KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF CLIMATE RESILIENT TECHNOLOGIES AMONG PADDY GROWERS IN MANDYA DISTRICT
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2018-08-20
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
Abstract
The present study was conducted in the year 2017-2018 in one head reach taluk
Pandavapura and one tail end taluk Maddur of Mandya district. A sample of 50 farmers
each from head reachand 50 farmers from tail end were selected randomly. Thus, the data
was collected from 100 Paddy growers using pre-tested interview schedule. The findings
revealed that majority of the Paddy growers in head reach area had medium to low
Knowledgelevel and belonged to low to medium Adoption category.Whereas tail end
farmers had medium to high Knowledge level and belonged to medium to high Adoption
category on Climate Resilient Technologies in Paddy.The Profile characteristics such as
education, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness, scientific orientation, mass media exposure,
extension participation, innovative proneness, extension contact and economic motivation
were significantly related to Knowledge level of Paddy growers. Education, risk
orientation, cosmopoliteness, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, extension
participation, innovative proneness, extension contact and economic motivation were
significantly related to Adoption behavior of Paddy growers. Lack of sufficient
Knowledge and guidance on Climate Resilient Technologies, limited extension activities
on Climate Resilient Technologies and non-availability of labour to adopt Climate
Resilient Technologies were the major constraints expressed by the head reach
farmers.Whereas major constraints expressed by the tail end farmers were untimely
release and improper scheduling of water in the canals, uneven and untimely rainfall and
non availability of labour to adopt Climate Resilient Technologies.
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