Problems and prospects of paddy straw management technologies in Bathinda district
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2020
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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The study entitled “Problems and prospects of paddy straw management technologies in
Bathinda district” was undertaken to study the status and prospects of paddy straw
management technologies and problems faced by farmers in the adoption of paddy
technologies. The study was conducted in Bathinda district of Punjab. All the nine blocks of
Bathinda district were selected and from each block one village was selected randomly, so
nine villages were selected for the study. Total of 135 respondents comprising 15 respondents
were selected randomly from each village for the purpose of study. Interview schedule was
prepared and data was collected personally by interviewing respondents. The results of the
study revealed that majority of the respondents were of the middle age group (41-53 years),
had education up to matriculate and having small (2.5-5 acres) operational land holding.
Majority of the respondents had low extension contacts and medium category of mass media
exposure, innovativeness and risk bearing capacity. Respondents had awareness regarding
happy seeder, baler, super straw management system, chopper-cum-spreader but not aware
about cutter-cum-spreader, use of straw for composting. Majority of respondents adopted
happy seeder in 2017, baler, super straw management system, mulcher and chopper-cumspreader
in 2018. In 2019, majority of respondents adopted baler technology for managing
paddy straw. Area under baler and mulcher in future will be increase by respondents.
Problems of insect-pest, rodents were increased after adopting technologies like happy seeder,
chopper-cum-spreader and mulcher. Technologies like baler, mulcher and chopper-cumspreader
were not available to majority of respondents on time.
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Amanjot Kaur (2020). Problems and prospects of paddy straw management technologies in Bathinda district (Unpublished M.Sc. thesis). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.