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IMPACT ANALYSIS OF GROUNDNUT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title IMPACT ANALYSIS OF GROUNDNUT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator NRUSIMHA KALYAN, V
 
Contributor SATYAGOPAL, P. V
 
Subject groundnuts, productivity, biological phenomena, production technology, tillage equipment, costs, sowing, marketing, crops, physical control
CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Description The study was conducted to analyse the impact of groundnut production technologies, to study their the selected profile characteristics of groundnut farmers, to analyze the impact indicators under different combinations of technologies as followed by the groundnut farmers, to study the relationship between the profile characteristics and the impact of groundnut production technologies on groundnut farmers, to elicit the problems in practicing the production technologies of groundnut and the suggestions to overcome the problems as perceived by groundnut farmers.
Ex-post-facto research design was followed for the study. The investigation was carried out in 12 villages of Andhra Pradesh covering four mandals from Chittoor district of Rayalaseema region. From each village 10 groundnut farmers were selected randomly, thus making a total sample of 120 groundnut farmers as the respondents for the study. The data were collected by personal interview method through structured interview schedule and analyzed by employing suitable statistical methods.
Majority of the groundnut farmers were middle aged with middle school education, had small farm size, had medium farming experience, had medium extension contact and medium mass media exposure. Majority of the respondents had medium achievement motivation, scientific orientation, management orientation and innovativeness.
Half of the groundnut farmers perceived the impact of groundnut production technologies as medium followed by high and low impact of groundnut production technologies. Among all the thirty selected technologies optimum time of sowing was ranked first in terms of its highest impact percentage followed by Chemical control for pests and diseases, varieties, crop rotation, seed treatment, weed management Neem seed kernal extract, fertilizer management, summer ploughing, water management, gypsum application, optimum seed rate etc. in their respective rank order.
The groundnut farmers were categorized on the basis of their net income and the category wise impact of groundnut production technologies as perceived by the
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groundnut farmers indicated that the impact percentage was decreased from 67.33 percent to 30.40 percent from high income category to low income category.
Among the thirty groundnut production technologies under category I, twenty seven technologies were adopted and three were not adopted. Under category II twenty four technologies were adopted and six were not adopted. Under category III twenty three technologies were adopted and seven were not adopted. Under category IV twenty two technologies were adopted and eight were not adopted. Under category V seventeen technologies were adopted and thirteen were not adopted.
The technologies optimum time of sowing, seed treatment, crop rotation, chemical control of pests and diseases were found to be more significant in all the categories. In comparison between category I to category V clearly indicates the technologies gypsum application, borax, ferrous sulphate, weed management post emergence and summer ploughing were contributing significantly in increasing the net income from Rs.4000 of category V to Rs.16000 and above category I. Hence these vital technologies need to be emphasized by the extension functionaries for its adoption.
Correlation analysis revealed that, education, farming experience, extension contact, mass media exposure, achievement motivation, management orientation, scientific orientation and innovativeness were found to be positively significant. Age and farm size were found to be negatively significant. Actual net profit and actual productivity were found to be positively significant and actual cost of cultivation was found to be negatively significant with perceived impact of groundnut production technologies.
Non availability of improved seed, lack of remunerative price, and high cost of seed were the major problems expressed by the groundnut farmers ranked first, second and third respectively. More cost of labour at harvest, pests and diseases, Less credit facilities, Insufficient extension activities, Non availability of inputs in time, Lack of crop insurance and so on were the other problems perceived by the groundnut farmers as per the rank order from four to fifteen.
Majority of the groundnut farmers suggested provision of improved seed at correct time, Provision of remunerative price, provision of improved seed at subsidized rates were the major suggestions expressed by the groundnut farmers ranked first, second and third respectively. Development of farm machinery especially for harvesting , training on identification and control of pests and diseases and pest forecasting measures, provision of proper institutional finance and crop insurance, extension activities and training, timely supply of inputs, gypsum availability, supply of manures and organic fertilizers, development of cost effective technologies and development of processing and value addition units were the other suggestions given by the groundnut farmers as per the rank order from four to twelve respectively.
 
Date 2016-06-03T10:14:44Z
2016-06-03T10:14:44Z
2011
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/66683
 
Language en
 
Relation D8965;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY