دورية أكاديمية
Farmer’s understanding and adoption of agricultural practices in southern part of India
| العنوان: | Farmer’s understanding and adoption of agricultural practices in southern part of India |
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| المؤلفون: | Radha R. Ashrit, Shipra Joshi |
| المصدر: | Discover Agriculture, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Agriculture (General) LCC:Environmental sciences |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Sustainable agriculture practices, Knowledge and Adoption, Farmers, India, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Environmental sciences, GE1-350 |
| الوصف: | Abstract India is fulfilling the consumption requirement of its pulses and oilseeds largely through importing. Andhra Pradesh is a leading state in the country, significantly contributes to the production of these crops. Low yield of pulses and groundnuts in India should be addressed through adoption of proven technological interventions along with enhancing farmers knowledge. The present study aimed to determine the differences in knowledge of Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) and adoption of improved agricultural practices (IAPs) among farmers at the baseline and endline phase of the study. The association of possible factors such as age, gender, education, farm experience, mass media, social participation, risk orientation, innovativeness with knowledge and adoption of Sustainable agricultural practices was evaluated. The study also examined the result of the technological intervention on crop yield at pre and post intervention. The study included 240 farmers with poor pulse and groundnut yield from villages of Andhra Pradesh with inadequate technological developments. At biotech intervention phase, farmers received training, field demonstration etc. The results revealed that at endline, 80% of farmers had knowledge of SAPs (compared to 48% at baseline) and the adoption rate of IAPs was 50% (compared to 3% at baseline). Factors such as mass media, social participation, risk orientation showed significant reduced risk on farmers with high knowledge of SAPs and with complete adoption of IAPs. The average yield per hectare of pulses during baseline was found to be 403.5 kg/ha ± 128.4 while during endline it was 601.25 kg/ha ± 206.8 (p-value = 0.001). The average yield per hectare of groundnut during baseline was found to be 983.75 kg/ha ± 444.9 and during endline it was 1216.78 kg/ha ± 473.9 (p-value = 0.000). Innovative technological interventions and capacity building of farmers increased yield of crops in Andhra Pradesh. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2731-9598 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2731-9598 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s44279-024-00017-2 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/ad8bc825610b40549ad88b6a78f23492 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.8bc825610b40549ad88b6a78f23492 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s44279-024-00017-2 |