Knowledge and constraints in adoption of organic farming in Haryana
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Date
2006
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CCSHAU
Abstract
This explanatory study was conducted in Haryana
state of India with the sample of eighty organic farmers. The
main objectives of the study were (i) To know the nature and
extent of adoption of organic farming in Haryana; (ii) To study
the knowledge level of organic farming practice in Haryana and
(iii) To identify the constraints faced by farmers in adoption of
organic farming. Organic farmers were found with middle to
young age, well educated, medium level of family education,
higher mass media exposure, low level of social participation.
Majority of them had medium level of risk bearing capacity,
economic motivation and innovativeness. More than half of the
respondents had medium level of adoption of organic farming
practices. Near about half of the farmers had high knowledge very few of them had low knowledge and remaining had medium
level of knowledge about organic farming practices. Factors like
education, mass media exposure, social participation, risk
bearing capacity, innovativeness were found significantly
associated with the adoption of organic farming practices. While,
education, mass media exposure and innovativeness were
positively and significantly related to the knowledge level when
examined through correlation test. All the nine variables were
fitted in regression equation of their adoption level and
knowledge level with total variation about 0.72 and 0.79 per cent
of organic farmers, respectively. Lack of knowledge among
farmers and absence of govt. policies and programmes were
found as main barriers in the development of organic farming in
the state.
Besides this, non-availability of package of practices
on organic farming technology, low yield of crops, high cost of
labour during peak seasons, low prices of organic products in
local market, lack of co-ordination between various services,
supply and marketing agencies were perceived as major
constraint. At present the adoption rate is very slow in the state
and thus demanding a greater attention at government and
community level. A state wide organic awareness campaign is
essential to change the attitude of producers and consumers
both, encourage them to go for “organic farming”.