Record Details

A study on impact of front line demonstration on area and productivity of wheat growers in Jabalpur district (M.P.)

KrishiKosh

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title A study on impact of front line demonstration on area and productivity of wheat growers in Jabalpur district (M.P.)
 
Creator Kumari, Kalpana
 
Contributor Pyasi, V.K.
 
Subject livestock, agreements, productivity, costs, marketing, markets, contract farming, crops, profit, biological phenomena
EXTENSION EDUCATION
 
Description Wheat is grown in India over an area of about 266.92 lakh ha. with a production of 721.40 lakh tonnes. The normal National productivity is about
2703 kg/ha. The major Wheat producing States are Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. These States contribute about 99.5% of total Wheat production in the country. Remaining States namely, Jharkhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and other North Eastern States contribute only about 0.5 % of the total Wheat production in the country. Among food grains, Wheat stands next to Rice, both in area and production. The share of Wheat in total food grain production is around 35.5% and share in area is about 21.8% of the total area under food grains.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Science Centre) an innovative science– based institution, plays an important role in bringing the research scientists face to face with farmers. The main aim of Krishi Vigyan Kendra is to reduce the time lag between generation of technology at the research institution and its transfer to the farmers for increasing productivity and income from the agriculture and allied sectors on sustained basis. KVKs are grass root level organizations meant for application of technology through assessment, refinement and demonstration of proven technologies under different ‘micro farming’ situations in a district.Front line demonstration (FLD) is a long term educational activity conducted in a systematic manner in farmer field to worth of a new practice/technology. Farmers in India are still producing crops based on the knowledge transmitted to them by their forefathers leading to a grossly unscientific agronomic, nutrient management and pest management practices. As a result of these they often fail to achieve the desired potential yield of various crops and new varieties. Front-Line Demonstration is the new concept of field demonstration evolved by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research with the inception of the Technology Mission on Oilseed Crops during mid-eighties

Objective of study

1. To know the profile of FLD and non-FLD beneficiaries.

2. To know the impact of FLD on area and productivity of wheat growers.

3. To work out the association between independent and dependent variables of FLD beneficiaries.

4. To know the problems faced by the beneficiaries and to suggest ways and means for improvement.

Methodology: -

I n o r d e r t o a c h i e v e t h e s e o b j e c t i ve s t h e i n ve s t i g a t i o n w a s c o n d u c t e d i n J a b a l p u r d i s t r i c t . T h e d i s t r i c t c o m p r i s e s o f s e ve n b l o c k s . O n e b l o c k n a m e l y S h a h p u r a wa s p u r p o s i ve l y s e l e c t e d a n d t h r e e v i l l a g e s w e r e t a k e n o n t h e b a s i s o f l a r g e n u m b e r o f F L D s c o n d u c t e d o n wh e a t c r o p . A t o t a l 5 0 b e n e f i c i a r y f a r m e r s a n d s a m e n u m b e r n o n b e n e f i c i a r y f a r m e r s we r e s e l e c t e d r a n d o m l y f r o m s a m e vi l l a g e s o f s h a h p u r a d i s t r i c t . T h u s 1 0 0 r e s p o n d e n t s we r e s e l e c t e d t o c o n s t i t u t e t h e s a m p l e o f t h e s t u d y.

F o r t h e s t u d y p u r p o s e 1 5 i n d ependent v a ri abl es nam el y a g e , l e ve l o f e d u c a t i o n , f a m i l y s i ze , s i ze o f l a n d h o l d i n g , o c c u p a t i o n , a r e a u n d e r wh e a t c r o p , e c o n o m i c m o t i v a t i o n , r i s k p r e f e r e n c e s c i e n t i f i c o r i e n t a t i o n , e xt e n t o f k n o w l e d g e , e xt e n t o f a d o p t i o n , s o c i a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n , e xt e n s i o n p a r t i c i p a t i o n , c o s m o p o l i t e n e s s a n d m a s s m e d i a c o n t a c t .

T h e p r i m a r y d a t a we r e c o l l e c t e d w i t h t h e h e l p o f i n t e r v i e w s c h e d u l e . The collected data was analyzed through the statistical methods viz. frequency, percentage, mean, S.D., t-test, and correlation etc.









I. Profile of FLD and non-FLD beneficiaries:

The study revealed that majority of the respondents from both the groups belonged to middle age (36-55 years).
As regard to level of education, majority of the FLD beneficiaries (34.00

%) possessed middle school education whereas higher percentage of non-FLD beneficiaries (48.00%) were having education up to primary school. It indicates that FLD beneficiaries possessed more formal education than non-FLD beneficiaries.
In family size majority in both beneficiaries (50.00%) and non- beneficiaries (56.00%) of FLD belonged to medium size of family (5-8 members).


The finding regarding size of land holding, majority of the FLD respondents (48.00%) owned medium size of land holding. Whereas the majority of non-FLD beneficiaries (58.00%) possessed small size of land holding.


The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (36.00%) and non-FLD

beneficiaries (32.00%) depend on their own cultivation.



The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (48.00%) were having medium size of area under wheat crop. Whereas higher percentage of non-FLD beneficiaries (48.00%) were having small size of area under wheat crop.
The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (46.00%) were having high economic motivation. Whereas higher percent of non-FLD beneficiaries (46.00%) were having medium economic motivation.






The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (46.00%) were having high risk preference. Whereas higher percentage of non-FLD beneficiaries (46.00%) were having medium risk preference.

The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (46.00%) were having high scientific orientation. Whereas higher percentage of non-FLD beneficiaries (46.00%) were having medium scientific orientation.


The majority of FLD beneficiaries (76.00%) were having high knowledge of wheat production technology. Whereas majority of non- FLD beneficiaries (44.00%) were having medium knowledge of wheat production technology.




The majority of FLD beneficiaries (58.00%) were having high adoption of wheat production technology. Whereas majority of non-FLD beneficiaries (50.00%). were having medium adoption of wheat production technology


The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (52.00%) have medium social participation. Whereas the non-FLD beneficiaries were having low social participation (48.00%).




The majority of FLD beneficiaries (48.00%) were having high extension participation. Whereas majority of non-FLD beneficiaries (70.00%) were having low extension participation.


The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries (48.00%) were having medium cosmopoliteness. Whereas higher percent of non-FLD beneficiaries (52.00%) were having low cosmopoliteness.


The higher percentage of FLD beneficiaries(48.00%) were having high mass media contact. Whereas higher percent of non-FLD beneficiaries (44.00%) were having low mass media contact.


The t-value for education, size of land holding, occupation, area under wheat crop, economic motivation, risk preference, scientific orientation,

extent of knowledge, extent of adoption, social participation, extension participation, cosmopoliteness, mass media contact was found to be significant.
The t-value for age and family size was found to be non significant.





2. Impact of Front Line Demonstration on area and productivity of wheat growers

It was observed that among FLD beneficiaries there was 46.15 percent relative change in area under wheat and 48.09 percent relative change in productivity of wheat through wheat production technology shown in FLD.

The t-value for area and productivity increment was found to be highly significant between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of FLD.




3. Association between dependent and independent variables of FLD

beneficiaries:


The finding revealed that independent variables namely level of education, size of land holding, occupation, area under wheat crop, risk preference, scientific orientation, extent of knowledge, extent of adoption, extension participation and mass media contact was significantly associated with their area and productivity increment through wheat production technology shown in FLD

Further it was observed that independent variables namely age, family size, economic motivation, social participation and cosmopoliteness had no significant association with their area and productivity increment through wheat production technology shown in FLD.

4. P r o b l e m s f a c e d b y F L D b e n e f i c i a r i e s a n d t o s u g g e s t w a ys a n d m e a n s f o r i m p r o v e m e n t

The major problems reported were lack of capital, high infestation of insects , lack of power supply, non availability of inputs in time, lack of technical knowledge and lack of irrigation facilities


Majority of the beneficiaries suggested that loan facilities should be provided in time, followed by seed, fertilizers and other inputs should be given in proper time, timely availability of plant protection chemicals, more electricity should be provided by the electricity department, technical knowledge should be given more regularly by the extension personnel and irrigation facilities should be created.
 
Date 2016-06-23T11:34:32Z
2016-06-23T11:34:32Z
2015
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67828
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher JNKVV