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

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Title IMPACT ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator RAMALAKSHMI DEVI, S
 
Contributor SATYAGOPAL, P.V
 
Subject sugarcane, productivity, biological phenomena, production technology, tillage equipment, costs, marketing, crops, participation, planting
 
Description The study was conducted to analyze the impact of sugarcane production technologies, to study the selected profile characteristics of sugarcane farmers, to analyze the impact indicators under different combinations of technologies as followed by the sugarcane farmers, to study the relationship between the profile characteristics and the impact of sugarcane production technologies on sugarcane farmers, to elicit the problems in practicing the production technologies of sugarcane and the suggestions to overcome the problems as perceived by sugarcane 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 sugarcane farmers were middle aged with high school education, had small farm size, had medium farming experience, had medium extension contact, had medium trainings undergone, had medium social participation and medium mass media exposure. Majority of the respondents had medium achievement motivation, scientific orientation, management orientation and innovativeness.
More than half of the sugarcane farmers perceived the impact of sugarcane production technologies as medium followed by low and high impact of sugarcane production technologies. Among all the thirty six selected technologies optimum time of planting was ranked first in terms of its highest impact percentage followed by land preparation, selection of planting material, varieties, weed management pre emergence, wrapping and propping of canes, chemical control for pests, water management, earthing up, chemical control for diseases, zinc sulphate, seed rate,
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spacing, fertilizer dosage, ferrous Sulphate, crop rotation, Gap filling etc. in their respective rank order.
The sugarcane farmers were categorized on the basis of their net income and the category wise impact of sugarcane production technologies as perceived by the sugarcane farmers indicated that the impact percentage was decreased from 88.27 percent to 41.44 percent from high income category to low income category.
The technologies land preparation, varieties, selection of planting material, optimum time of planting, weed management pre emergence, water management, earthing up and wrapping and propping of canes were found to be more significant in all the categories. In comparison between category I to category V clearly indicates the technologies seed rate, spacing, fertilizer dosage, zinc sulphate, chemical control for pests and chemical control for diseases) were contributing significantly in increasing the net income from Rs. 39999 and below of category V to Rs. 85000 and above of category I. Hence these vital technologies need to be emphasized by the extension functionaries for their adoption.
Correlation analysis revealed that farm size, extension contact, trainings undergone, social participation, mass media exposure, achievement motivation, management orientation, scientific orientation and innovativeness were found to be positively significant. Age and farming experience 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 sugarcane production technologies.
High cost of labour for harvesting (90.83%), Lack of remunerative price (87.50%), and Poor irrigation facilities (80.83%) were the major problems expressed by the sugarcane farmers ranked first, second and third respectively. Severe incidence of pests and diseases (75.00%), Delayed payments for the produce (73.33%), Irregular supply of power (70.00%), Non availability of improved planting material (65.00%), Less credit facilities (52.50%), Insufficient extension activities (50.00%), Non availability of inputs in time (46.66%), Lack of training (40.80%), Lack of crop insurance (34.17%), Non availability of manures and organic fertilizers (30.88%), Non availability of micronutrients (22.55%) and Non availability of cost effective technologies (21.66%) were the other problems perceived by the sugarcane farmers as per the rank order from four to fifteen.
Intervention and popularization of suitable and feasible sugarcane harvesters (93.33%), enhancement of remunerative price (91.67%), improving irrigation facilities (87.50%) were the major suggestions expressed by the sugarcane farmers ranked first, second and third respectively. Training on identification and control of pests and diseases and pest forecasting measures (83.33%), in time payments for the produce (80.83%), regular power supply (76.67%), provision of improved planting material in time (73.33%), provision of proper institutional finance and crop insurance (70.00%), extension activities and training (65.83%), timely and sufficient supply of inputs (56.67%), development of cost effective technologies (41.67) were the other suggestions given by the sugarcane farmers as per the rank order from four to eleven respectively.
 
Date 2016-06-17T10:01:20Z
2016-06-17T10:01:20Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67494
 
Language en
 
Relation D9351;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY