Technology Assessment for Late Sown Wheat in well - Endowed and Small Production Systems
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1997
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
Abstract
The finding dealt above lead to the conclusion that the study area was endowed with constrained bio-physical and socio –economic factors. Majority of the area owned by the respondents was rainfed having poor fertility status with acidic soils. Ultimately categorized into two types of production systems i.e. small production system (CDR) and well endowed production system .
Majority of the respondents were illiterate relatively of middle age having cultivation as their occupation.
The farming system of the respondents were complexed and diversified with the important components like crop production, vegetable production and livestock rearing, predominantly the small animals .Existing wheat production practices includes farmers wishful resource management techniques and injudicious use of chemical fertilizers as well as use of traditional non descript variety of seeds.
Based upon the hypothesis that the improved seeds as well as balanced use of chemical fertilizers would lead to increased production and productivity the interventions made in the form of on farm research consisting of three treatments in small- production systems and demonstration in well endowed production system were found to be successful in testing their appropriateness as well as convincing the farmers about using the intervened technologies in their existing farming situations.
Treatment (T3) i.e. improved seed +improved practices of OFR and demonstration resulted relatively higher productivity and profitability over farmers seed +farmers practices. The respondents favourably reacted to the interventions in terms of selected attributed and opined for their acceptance of treatments provided the input supply if assured timely and adequately. The woman farmers also found the interventions suitable to their multifaceted activity perspectives.
The demonstration farmers received relatively higher level of knowledge than those of the participating farmers about late sown wheat production technology .On the basis of farmers assessment and opinion on refinement of late sown wheat production technology finally.