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A STUDY ON UTILISATION OF DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY CENTRE SERVICES BY FARMERS OF MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title A STUDY ON UTILISATION OF DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY CENTRE SERVICES BY FARMERS OF MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator NEETHI, B.
 
Contributor SAILAJA, A.
 
Subject marketing, biological phenomena, participation, research methods, markets, technological changes, technology transfer, land resources, cotton, economics
DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY CENTRE SERVICES, FARMERS, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Description The present study entitled ‘A study on utilisation of District Agricultural
Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre services by farmers of Mahabubnagar
district of Andhra Pradesh had been initiated focusing on agricultural extension at
present needs to be on micro farming situation based on location specifics problem
oriented intervention which is carry out by DAATTC . According to 2012, the total
geographical area of Mahabubnagar district is 15,58,792 ha. The predominant crop
which is being cultivated in area of (4,12,677 ha) is cotton.
Ex-post facto research design was adopted in the present investigation.
Mahabubnagar district of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh state was purposively
selected for the study. The study was conducted in four villages selected from 4
mandals of Mahabubnagar district, which included 30 farmers from each of the selected
village”. A sample of 120 farmers was selected for the study. Apart from 120 farmers, a
sample of 30 comprising of officials of DAATTC and other stakeholders (line
departments, NGOs and input agencies) were interviewed, problems and suggestions
were arrived.
The analysis of profile characteristics of farmers indicates that majority of them
are illiterate and middle aged, fell under medium category in terms of farming
experience, annual income, innovativeness, economic orientation, market orientation,
change proneness, achievement motivation, information seeking behaviour, and
participation in DAATTC activities. Whereas majority of them had small farm size,
their main occupation was labour +agriculture and no membership in any social
organisation.
Majority of the farmers had medium utilisation of services which includes
medium extent of utiisation and medium extent of adoption in cotton.
With regard to extent of utilisation of services by the respondents, majority of
the respondents had medium extent of utilisation of services on items like diagnostic
services, training programmes followed by technology transfer and the least ranked
utilisation of services items are RAWEP students, information centre and supply of
information material and assessment and refinement of technology.
In case of extent of adoption of the practices in cotton, majority of the
respondents had medium adoption of the weed management, preparatory cultivation
over the last and cropping pattern and crop rotation. Whereas least ranked adoption the
items like harvest and post harvest operations, plant protection and water management.
The correlation analysis indicates that the profile characteristics of the
respondents like age, education, farm size, farming experience, annual income,
occupation, innovativeness, market orientation, information seeking behaviour, social
participation and participation in DAATTC activities were found positively and
significantly related with the extent of utilisation of services. Whereas profile
characteristics like farm size, farming experience, achievement motivation and
information seeking behaviour were found positively and significantly related with the
extent of adoption in cotton.
The correlation analysis also indicates that the profile characteristics like age,
education, farm size, farming experience, annual income, occupation, innovativeness,
market orientation, change proneness, information seeking behaviour, social
participation and participation in DAATTC activities were found positively and
significantly related with the overall utilisation of services.
DAATTC scientists in delivery of services were inadequate technical staff, lack
of separate funds for information centre, inadequate farmer network and poor linkages
in provision of information followed by lack of mobile projectors, limited finance
particularly for transport and RAWEP is an additional burden in the order of ranking.
Least rank was given to power shortage and lack of team work among DAATTC
scientists.
Suggestions offered by DAAATTC scientists for effective delivery of services
were recruitment of vacant posts, provision of separate funds for information centre,
widening of farmers network and strengthening of linkages in provision of information
followed by provision of mobile projectors, enhancement of budget allocation towards
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transport and exclusion of RAWEP from DAATTC in the order of ranking. Least rank
for provision of backup facility and training on team building skills.
Major problems perceived by other stakeholders were lack of mobile projectors
followed by poor linkages in provision of information. inadequate technical staff,
limited finance particularly for transport, power shortage, lack of capacity building
programmes and RAWEP is an additional burden were ranked in the order of priority.
Suggestions offered by other stakeholders for effective delivery of services were
strengthening of linkages in provision of information, timely and need based capacity
building programmes followed by enhancement of budget allocation towards transport,
recruitment of vacant posts, provision of backup facility, provision of mobile projectors
and exclusion of RAWEP from DAATTC in the order of ranking.
Major problems perceived by farmers in utilisation of services were poor
scientist to farmer ratio followed by no provision of budget for travel allowance and
dearness allowance in training programmes, lack of storage facilities, inadequate
farmers network for information exchange, duplication in services, inaccessibility of
venue, provision of transport facilities to the place of training, no provision of
information on successful farmers, intensive one day training programme, less contact
of DAATTC scientists, high cost farm machinery, no provision of information on
successful farmers and non-availability of location specific technology for resource poor
farmers were ranked in the order of priority.
Suggestions by farmers for effective utilisation of services were allotment of one
scientist for a division, provision of low cost farm machinery, provision of transport
facilities to the place of training, programmes should be organized for mutual
cooperation, provision of budget for travel allowance and dearness allowance in training
programmes, provision of ware house facilities on custom hiring basis, provision of
need based and location specific technologies, widening the farmer network for
information exchange, timely service delivery, more focus on long duration
programmes, provision of complete information through mobiles and provision of more
exposure visits to successful farmers were ranked in the order of priority.
Suitable strategies were developed for effective utilisation of services of
DAATTC by farmers
 
Date 2016-06-10T12:12:39Z
2016-06-10T12:12:39Z
2013
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67167
 
Language en
 
Relation ;D9293
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY