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Farmers perception of treated paper mill effluent irrigation Land.

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Title Farmers perception of treated paper mill effluent irrigation Land.
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Creator P. Nila Rekha
N.K. Ambujam
 
Subject Paper Mill
Treated Effluent
Irrigation
Farmer
Perception
India
 
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The utilization of treated paper mill effluents for irrigation offers many benefits such as conservation of water resources, conversion of barren
land into irrigated area, addition of nutrients to the soil and plant and above all the reduction of pollution of inland water bodies. However, the
utility of this effluent irrigation programme depends mainly on farmers’ acceptability, adoption and management of the scheme. Knowledge
about the farmers’ perception is thus very much imperative for further advocacy of the effluent irrigation programme. The determinants of
farmers’ perception of treated paper mill effluent irrigation is a pre-requisite for the formulation of better programmes and strategies for the
support of an unobstructed adoption and for the long-term sustainability of effluent irrigation schemes. The present study was conducted to
assess the farmers’ perception and the determinants that influence the adoption of treated paper mill effluent irrigation by interviewing a
random sample of 120 farmers, using a well-structured interview schedule in paper mill effluent irrigated area in Tamil Nadu in India. The
study revealed that there exists positive significant correlation between the perception and the characteristics of the farmers viz. educational
status, farm size, annual income, mass media exposure, innovativeness and risk orientation. The response analysis of the perception revealed
that treated paper mill effluent as alternative assured supply of irrigation water, conversion of elevated dry lands to irrigated land, changing of
cropping pattern to sugarcane, increase in socioeconomic status of the farmers, incentives and technical inputs by the paper mill authorities
and above all farmers’ participation in planning, implementation and management of the effluent irrigation schemes influenced the farmers to
form positive perception. Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Date 2023-07-31T08:54:42Z
2023-07-31T08:54:42Z
2010-01-01
 
Type Journal
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/80360
 
Language English
 
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