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Enhanced Diffusion and Scaling of Seed, Varietal Knowledge through Comparative, Experiential Learning

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https://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=12446
https://doi.org/10.13189/ujar.2022.100404
 
Title Enhanced Diffusion and Scaling of Seed, Varietal Knowledge through Comparative, Experiential Learning
 
Creator Nayak, S
Dwivedi, R
Dar, M
Hossain, S M
 
Subject Seed Systems
 
Description Comparative farmer field trials can be an
important channel for the successful evaluation, reliable
evidence, and acceptance of agricultural technologies.
Farmer-managed comparative trials reinforce the
agricultural extension system as they validate new
technologies in farmers’ field conditions. Thus, on-farm
comparative trials allow the farmers to evaluate the
differentiable impact of tested technology in their settings. The ingrained concept of “learning by doing” in such trials creates or improves the knowledge of farmers, and enhanced knowledge cascades into the scaling of technology. Climate resilient high yielding rice varieties
are considered the most efficient solution against stagnating yields and recurrent abiotic stresses to
consolidate the nation’s food security. Despite the
development and availability of several new varieties,
farmers in South Asia, including India, continue to
cultivate older varieties owing to poor varietal awareness
and knowledge, especially among small and marginal
farmers with less resource endowment. Therefore, awareness of the benefits of modern varieties among farmers is likely to motivate them. This concept has been ascertained by the present study. It verifies the positive effect of comparative learning of varieties through on-farm trials in the popularization of new stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs). Further, the impact of the gender and institutional linkage-based (through women self-help groups (SHG)) introduction of STRVs on scaling is also proven. The analysis and inferences are based on the findings of a randomized control experiment conducted in the state of Odisha in India using the STRV, BINA Dhan 11 in Head-to-Head (H2H) trials.
 
Publisher Horizon Research Publishing
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12451/1/Universal%20journal%20of%20Agricultural%20Research_10_4_352-362_2022.pdf
Nayak, S and Dwivedi, R and Dar, M and Hossain, S M (2022) Enhanced Diffusion and Scaling of Seed, Varietal Knowledge through Comparative, Experiential Learning. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 10 (4). pp. 352-362. ISSN 2332-2284