A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF RICE THRUST PROGRAMME IN NALGONDA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
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A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF RICE THRUST PROGRAMME IN NALGONDA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
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RAMESH CHANDER
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SATYANARAYANA, Ch.
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Government of' India launched special food production program:r:e to achieve atleast 175 million tonnes o~ food grain productio~ by the end of Seventh Plan. Special attention was given to few crops like wheat, rice, maize, bajra, gram and tur. Andhra Pradesh is one of the States selected for increasing food production under the scheme. Out or ( 2 3) districts ir: Andhra Pradesh ( 8) districts were selected for implementir:.g the Rice Thrust Programme. Special stress is laid on distribution of location specific High Yielding Varieties, promoting more fertilizer use, adoption of need based plai1t protection measures, correction of zinc deficiency, soil alkalinity, acidity and supply of implements including power tillers and providing timely credit. Since Rice Thrust Programme is under implementation in Andhra Pradesh from 1988-89, it was felt necessary to evaluate the implementation of programme in respect of increase in knowledge of farmers about the improved package of practices, opinion of the farmers about the programme~ adoption of improved practices by the farmers also increase obtained in the yields due to implementatio:-. of' the Rice Thrust Programme. It was also felt necessary to know the problems in implementation of the performance and suggestions to overcome the same for the benefit of planners, administrators, extension workers and farmers as a feed back. With this background the present study was formulated. Ex-post-facto research design was followed in ( 4) villages of Bhongir mandal viz. Wadaparthy, Anajpur, Nagireddypally and Nandanam in Nalgonda district. At random (60) participants and (60) non-participant farmers were selected. A pre-tested interview schedule was used for collection of required data. The following findings emerged out of the study. Majority of participating fa11mers were old aged, illiterates, small farmers, source of irrigation being wells, non social participation category, low mass media exposure, occassional extension contact, six years of farming experience, had average planning orientation, average production orientation and low market orientation. Majority of non participant farmers were old aged, illiterates, small farmers, wells as source of irrigation, non social participant category, low mass media exposure, non extension contact, having more than 6 years of experence in farming, low planning orientation, aveage production orientation and low market orientation. Majority of participant farmers were from very high knowledge group whereas non participant farmers were of low knowledge group. Majority of participant farmers had highly favoura~e opinion while non participant farmers had moderately favourable opinion. The participant of practices of paddy farmers. farmers had more than adopted the package the non participating The percentage of increase of yield during two years of implementation of Rice Thrust Programme in respect of participating farmers was 20. 95% in kharif 1988 and 20.21 per cent during rabi 1989, whereas it was only 3.471 per cent during kharif 1988 and 3 .171 per cent in rabi 1989 in case of non participating farmers than compared to base year yield of 1987 which was non significant. Suggestions offered by the extension agency include timely supply of quality inputs, credit, training camps in the villages, advance of tour should be provided etc. are suggested for effective implementation of Rice Thrust Programme. The Rice Thrust Programme has created good impact on rice growing ยท farmers by increasing their awareness, knowledge, adoption, yield and income. |
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2017-02-06T05:35:48Z
2017-02-06T05:35:48Z 1992 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810000219
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en
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application/pdf
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PROFESSOR JAYASHANKAR TELANGANA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY. HYDERABAD
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