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Adoption of technology for cultivation of Banana var. Nendran in Trichur district
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1989) Anitha Vijayan; Ramachandran Nair, K P
It is commonly' observed that there is wide gap between the technology generated in Research Station and its actual use by the clientele. It is with this view in mind that the present study was undertaken to identify the gap in the adoption of technology in Banana Nendran cultivated in Trichur District. The relationship between personal, situational,psychological and i communication characteristics of Banana Nendran growers and their adoption was also studied. The constraints in the adoption process were also finally analysed. The study was conducted in Trichur District. The sample was 150 farmers selected randomly from the six wards of the two Panchayats selected for the study. Data was . collected using an interview schedule and suitable statistical techniques were employed in the analysis of the data. It was revealed from the study that the technological gapwith respect to 25.33 per cent of the respondents was low, 51.33 per cent of respondents was medium and 23.33 per cent of the respondents high. The study revealed that information source utilisation, innovation proneness and extension contact contribute significantly to the adoption of fertilizers in Banana var. Nendran. In the case of adoption of desuckering practice it was found that' information source utilisation, economic motivation and market orientation were significant in predicting the adoption of desuckering. Information source utilisation, extension contact, market orientation and farm size were found to contribute significantly to the adoption of mulching in Banana var. Nendran. It was revealed from the study that independent variables contributing significantly to the adoption of plant protection measures were information source utilisation, extension contact and market orientation. The important constraints perceived by the farmers were inadequacy of capital, high labour charge, low price for output, high prop cost, high cost of plant protection chemicals and fertlizers, inadequate market facilities, non-availability of equipment for plant protection, poor transport facilities, lack of knowledge about technology and uneconomic holding size. The results point out vividly to the prime need for strengthening the extension education efforts of the field functionaries to reduce the technological gap with respect to the cultivation of Banana Nendran variety in the District.
Factors affecting the adoption of Hybrid-4 cotton cultivation
(Kerala Agricultural University, 1979) Ramachandran Nair, K P; Patel, H N
Integrated rural development programme- a case study
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara., 1988) Jayasree Krishnankutty; Ramachandran Nair, K P
To have an indepth analysis of the various aspects of Integrated Rural Development Programme in the State, giving more stress to the beneficiaries angle, the present investigation was undertaken under the title “I. R. D. P – A case study”. Awareness of the beneficiaries about the programme and their extent of utilization of the facilities of the programme was measured in this study. Awareness was measured in 3 dimensions viz. awareness about the schemes, about the benefits of the schemes and about the implementing agencies of the programme. The experience of the beneficiaries in the utilization of IRDP facilities and constraints or problems experienced by them were also analysed. The study was conducted in Ollukkara Block of Trichur District. The sample was 120 IRDP beneficiaries consisting of 40 marginal farmers, 40 agrl/non-agrl. Labourers and 40 beneficiaries belonging to Schedule Castes or Scheduled Tribes. Data was collected using an interview schedule and suitable statistical techniques were employed in the analysis of the data. The study revealed that majority of the respondents had medium awareness about the schemes, low awareness about the benefits of the schemes and all beneficiaries had low or medium awareness about the implementing agencies. As far as extent of utilization was concerned, there was absolutely no beneficiary with high extent of utilization. Majority of the respondents had low extent of utilization. Most of the selected independent variables contributed substantially in the case of awareness. But in the case of extent of utilization, only four variables had substantial contribution towards it. The experience of beneficiaries in utilization of IRDP facilities was medium. The analysis of the constraints felt by the beneficiaries revealed that there were a lot of malpractices prevalent in the sanctioning and distribution of assistance, there were undue delays in disbursing the loans and that quality of the products obtained by way of assistance was poor. The results point out vividly to the prime need for a more systematic and effective functioning of the programme with better co-ordination and supervision at all levels in order to have a better image of the programme in the rural sector.
Integrated rural development programme: An awareness study
(Kerala Agricultural University, 1992) Jayasree Krishnankutty; Ramachandran Nair, K P
The study on awareness about IRDP revealed maximum awareness in the marginal farmers. Others like agricultural labourers, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes had either very low or medium awareness only. The awareness about the benefits of the programme was very low for majority of the beneficiaries under the study. None had the correct knowledge on the various implementing agencies of the programme. This was very marked in the socially and educationally backward beneficiaries.
Study of the impact of lab-to-land programme on tribal and non-tribal participants in Kerala Agricultural University
(Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1987) Sudha, V K; Ramachandran Nair, K P
The study was conducted in Trichur district of Kerala State to study the impact of Lab-to-Land Programme on tribal and non-tribal participants in Kerala Agricultural University. The objectives were: 1. To study the perception about Lab-to-Land Programme by participant farmers. 2. To measure the Scientific orientation of the participant farmers of the Programme vis-à-vis non-participant farmers. 3. To study the extent of adoption of technology transferred by participant and non-participant farmers. 4. To study the relationship of selected personal, socio-economic and socio-psychological characters of participants and non-participants with perception about Lab-to-Land Programme by participants, scientific orientation of participants and non-participants, extent of adoption of transferred technology by participants and non-participants. 5. To identify the constraints in the adoption of technology transferred under the Programme by the participants. The study revealed that majority of the non-tribal and tribal participants had higher perception about the programme. With regard to scientific orientation also majority of tribal and non-tribal participants were in high scientific orientation group compared to tribal non-participants and non-tribal non-participants. Also, it was noticed that the extent of adoption of transferred technology was more in participants than non-participants. It was also revealed that there was significant difference in the scientific orientation of participants and non-participants. But no significant difference was noticed between scientific orientation of participant tribals and non-participant tribals. In the case of extent of adoption of transferred technology also, significant difference was noticed between the different groups of participants and non-participants. The study of personal, socio-economic and socio-psychological variables revealed that majority of the participants and non-participants were middle aged. The mean scores for economic motivation, Management orientation, Extension orientation and level of aspiration were found to be higher in both participant tribals and non-tribals than in non-participant tribals and non-tribals. The correlation analysis gave the following results. Income was found to be positively and significantly associated with perception about Lab-to-Land Programme in tribal participants. Economic motivation showed positive and significant relationship with scientific orientation in both participant and non-participant tribals. Economic motivation also showed positive and significant relationship with extent of adoption in both groups of participants and non-participants. Management orientation was found to be positively and significantly associated with scientific orientation of non-tribal participants only. Extension orientation was perception about Lab-to-Land Programme in both group of participants. A positive and significant relationship was observed between extension orientation and extent of adoption of both participants and non-participants. The important constraints perceived by non-tribal participants were inadequacy of capital, non-availability of credit, high cost of feed, uneconomic holding size, lack of good breeds etc. The important constraints perceived by tribal participants were inadequacy of capital, uneconomic holding size, non-availability of credit, poor socio-economic status, lack of knowledge about technology etc.