Smart agricultural practices: Problems and prospects
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2018
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CCSHAU
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The study was conducted in Haryana state. Two districts viz. Hisar from South-West Zone and
Kaithal from North-East Zone were selected, purposively. Further, three villages from each district
were selected, randomly. Further, thirty farmers were selected, randomly from each selected village.
Thus, a total number of 180 respondents were interviewed for the present study. Majority of
respondents (78.34%) belonged to productive age group and acquired education (88.33%) up to post
graduate. Majority of the farmers had land holding up to 5 acres with had livestock along with ricewheat
(70%) cropping system and 46.11 per cent farmers used tractor as farm power. Majority of the
respondents had low to medium level of mass media exposure and extension contact. While, economic
motivation of the maximum number of farmers was middle to high, whereas, majority of the
respondents (99.44%) had low to medium innovation proneness. It was observed that farmer’ were well
aware about nearest soil and water testing laboratory, SHC helps to studies the soil health, good quality
of seed increase yield, high yielding varieties (HYVs), zero tillage reduce the field preparatory, labor
and fuel cost, timely irrigation enhance crop yield, INM increase the crop yield, excess pesticides use
hazards, weed competes for light, water and nutrients etc., IFS helps to reduce the cost of production,
SMS services provided by CCSHAU, Hisar, crop diversification helps to reduce risk of crop failures,
harvested water can be used for irrigation and drinking, compost and vermin compost is alternative of
chemical fertilizers, agro forestry provide healthy environment and extra income, ICTs services provide
information accurately, frequently and timely, burning of crop residue degrade the environment, emarketing
promote the cashless transaction, agro-processing helps to get good price, protected
cultivation helps to provide off season products, crop insurance minimize the risk of crop failure,
CSAP helps to increase productivity, and organic farming reduces input cost. Whereas, adoption level
was high about conjunctive use of water, certified seed for crop production, seed cum fertilizer drill
machine, integrated nutrient management (INM), recommended nozzle for spray, crop stable burning is
abandoned, cropping system having high productivity, visit the kissan mela (Kharif and Rabi), store
your produce for future sale, allow the animal to mate within 3 months after parturition, mineral
mixture, protect the animals from harsh weather conditions, disinfect the udder before milking, and
proper ventilated house for animals. However, lack of seeds of new high yielding varieties (HYVs),
lack of knowledge for seed treatment, not familiar with improved practices, lack of farm equipments,
inadequate information, knowledge and skills, scarcity of canal water, not aware about the procedure of
registration for weather forecasting, conservation agriculture is more labor intensive, lack of minimum
support price, wide fluctuation in prices, lack of training to access e-information, climate change
effects the seasonal temperature and rainfall, slow results of eco- friendly practices, lack of climate
related information, high initial cost of establishment of protected structure, all crops not covered under
crop insurance, lack of proper training of agro-processing/value addition, and non-availability of good
animal breed were major constraints in adoption of smart agricultural practices (SAPs).
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