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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81875| Title: | DEFYING ADOPTER CATEGORIES AMONG FARMERS: LESSONS FOR EXTENSION |
| Other Titles: | Not Available |
| Authors: | P. Anithakumari |
| ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
| Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Central Plantation Crops Research Institute |
| Published/ Complete Date: | 2022-03-01 |
| Project Code: | Not Available |
| Keywords: | AREA-WIDE COMMUNITY EXTENSION APPROACH (AWCA) Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) |
| Publisher: | Agricultural Extension in South Asia (AESA) |
| Citation: | Not Available |
| Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
| Abstract/Description: | Extension services, in general, follow an individual farmer centric approach in promoting new technologies in agriculture. Such an approach is less effective especially while working with small and marginal farmers. In the case of coconut, small and marginal farmers dominate the sector and they are engaged mostly in homestead farming. The ICAR Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Regional Station, Kayamkulam (Kerala) pilot-tested several technologies among coconut based homestead farmers, especially in root (wilt) disease affected areas. The disease is of a debilitating nature, adversely affecting the health and productivity of affected palms and there are no absolute control measures. Root (wilt) affected coconut palms are more vulnerable to pests and diseases, adding to the income and investment woes of homestead farmers. |
| Description: | The CPCRI experiences indicated the inefficiency of individual farmer-based technology dissemination and adoption in managing the major pest, Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB). Non-availability of bio control agents and non-consideration of area wide distribution of breeding sites (which many times fall outside the coconut holdings) in technology dissemination were the main reasons for the lack of success. The imperative of reaching out to a large number of farmers (7 to 12 farmers per hectare) added to the problem. Varied adoption and non-adoption of technologies by individual farmers reduced the efficiency of CRB management in general. Hence, adoption of an area-wide community extension approach – coordinated by groups – was promoted to bring down individual garden-based variability in order to significantly reduce pest incidence throughout the area of intervention. |
| ISSN: | Not Available |
| Type(s) of content: | Article |
| Sponsors: | Not Available |
| Language: | English |
| Name of Journal: | aesa |
| Volume No.: | blog: 168 |
| Page Number: | Not Available |
| Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Agricultural extension, Regional station: Kayamkulam |
| Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
| URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81875 |
| Appears in Collections: | HS-CPCRI-Publication |
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