ATTITUDE OF FARMERS REGARDING ADOPTION OF CONTROL MEASURE PRACTICES OF VARIOUS WEEDS OF RICE CROP IN DHAMTARI DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH STATE
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ATTITUDE OF FARMERS REGARDING ADOPTION OF CONTROL MEASURE PRACTICES OF VARIOUS WEEDS OF RICE CROP IN DHAMTARI DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH STATE
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Shori, Rakesh Kumar
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Shrivastava, K.K.
Sarkar, J.D. Singh, A.P. (Smt.) Shukla, S. |
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FARMERS, WEEDS, RICE, CROP, DHAMTARI, CHHATTISGARH
Agricultural Extension |
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Chhattisgarh popularly known as “rice bowl of India” occupies an area of around 3610.47 thousand hectares with the production of 5.48 million tonnes and productivity of 1517 kg per hectare (Anonymous 2008-09). The prime causes of low productivity of rice in Chhattisgarh are limited irrigation, lack of improved varieties, imbalanced use of fertilizer and insufficient weed management. The production and productivity of the rice can be increased by considering the various factors, among them weed control is the main factor. Weed management is considered as a positive factor in tapping the production potential. Among the major problems involved in management of rice for high economic yield, weed control is one of the main constraint due to which most of the rice growers are struggling a lot, which is also causing low production and directly affecting the socio-economic status of their life. So keeping this view in the mind a research was undertaken on the “attitude of farmers regarding adoption of control measure practices of various weeds of rice crop in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh state” during 2010-11. 160 rice growers were randomly chosen from 16 villages of Dhamtari and Nagri blocks of Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh state, and personally interviewed with the help of structured interview schedule to collect the primary data. The results of the study revealed that most of the rice growers were in the age group of 35 to 55 years old, educated up to primary school, belonged to other backward caste with medium sized family and had no membership in any social organization indicating very poor social participation. The respondents had medium sized land holdings, maximum number of them had agriculture+labour as their primary occupation, with majority of them (87.50%) recording their annual income in between Rs. 23001 to Rs. 173000/-. More than seventy per cent of the respondents took loan from cooperative society. As regards scientific orientation it was observed that majority of them had medium scientific orientation and the overall level of knowledge regarding control measure practices of various weeds of rice crop was medium. More than eighty per cent knowledge was noticed in the weed wise control measure practices of motha (Cyperus spp.), whereas more than ninety per cent of the respondents had knowledge about uses of knap sac prayer for application of weedicides. Majority of the respondents had medium level utilization of sources of information and neighbour/friend/farmer/relative were the most frequently used sources of information, whereas majority of them had medium contact with extension personnel. Majority of the respondents had moderately favourable attitude and had more than seventy per cent adoption regarding control measure practices of various weeds of rice crop. Whereas majority of them had weed wise level of adoption of control measure practices and more than ninety per cent of them had high level of adoption about uses of different types of sprayers such as knap sac, foot sprayers etc. It was also found that sawa (Echinochloa colona L.) and motha (Cyperus spp.) were the most serious weeds in rice crop which causes more losses than other weeds. The variables size of family, land holding, sources of information and knowledge played highly significant role towards the formation of attitude of respondents regarding use of control measure practices of various weeds of rice crop at 0.01 per cent level of significance. Whereas the variables education, social participation, annual income, contact with extension personnel and scientific orientation were found positively and significantly related with attitude at 0.05 per cent level of significance. A multiple regression analysis was done to find out the extent of contribution of independent variables towards the formation of attitude. Out of the thirteen variables two variables viz. size of family and knowledge had positive and highly significant contribution towards attitude at 0.01 per cent level of significance and six variables viz. education, social participation, land holding, annual income, sources of information and scientific orientation had positive and significant contribution towards attitude at 0.05 per cent level of significance. It was also observed that all the 13 variables jointly explained the variation to the extent of 59.1 per cent towards attitude regarding control measure practices of various weed of rice crop. The variables education, land holding, annual income, sources of information, contact with extension personnel, knowledge and scientific orientation were found positively and highly significantly related with adoption at 0.01 per cent level of significance, whereas caste had positive and significant correlation with adoption at 0.05 per cent level of significance. A multiple regression analysis was done to find out the extent of contribution of independent variables on adoption. Out of the thirteen variables under study only four variables namely land holding, sources of information, knowledge and scientific orientation had highly significant and positive contribution towards adoption at 0.01 per cent level of significance. And three variables namely education, annual income and contact with extension personnel had positive and significant contribution towards adoption at 0.05 per cent level of significance. All the 13 independent variables jointly explained the variation to the extent of 69.1 per cent. So far as the problems faced by the rice growers during adoption of control measure practices of various weeds of rice crop are concerned it was found that majority of the respondents reported high cost of weedicides, lack of labours for weeding, weedicides application etc., lack of technical guidance from RAEO's and other agriculture officers, lack of information regarding various control methods of weeds etc. Some of the major suggestions given by the farmers were weedicides should be available at low cost at village level, modern agriculture equipments should be provided for weed control and other agricultural activities, RAEO's and others agricultural officers should visit frequently for giving appropriate guidance to the farmers, labour problem should be managed, good quality of weedicides should be provided etc. |
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2016-10-17T11:59:10Z
2016-10-17T11:59:10Z 2011 |
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Thesis
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205 p.
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/80699 |
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en
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application/pdf
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Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Raipur
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