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    Gender disaggregated analysis of climate-change adaptations among vegetable farmers.
    (Department of agricultural extension education, College of agriculture,Vellanikkara, 2023-07-27) Atheena, U P.; Smitha, S
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    Study of factors affecting the adoption of selected agricultural practices
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1978) Rajendran, P; Menon, A G G
    Rice is the staple food of the people of Kerala. But Kerala is deficient in its rice production by about 50 per cent. All most all the cultivable area has already been brought under the plough. Therefore, the scope for increasing the area under rice is rather limited. The fact that more than 50 per cent of the cropped area is devoted for perinnial cash crops further limits the scope for expansion of area under rice. Besides 60 per cent of the holdings are less than 1 acre in extent . Therefore, the only possibility to increase rice production is to increase the gross area under rice by resorting to scientific cultivation practices. A number of development programmes particularly focused on rice production have been introduced and implemented in the state. Improved technology required for stepping up rice production was also diffused with great vigour and enthusiasm.
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    Gender analysis of vegetable growers in the homesteads of Kollam district
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 2018) Vani Chandran; Bindu Podikunju
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    Mainstreaming climate resilience into agricultural development: readiness of the extension system in Kerala
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 2018) Anseera, T P; Jiju P Alex
    Mitigating the impact of climate change requires mainstreaming climate resilience into agricultural systems through research, awareness building, standardization of new cultivation practices and introduction of adaptation practices, all of which call for targeted extension delivery, special support packages, action research programmes and participatory problem solving. Reorientation of the extension delivery system by equipping the extension institutions with scientific content and action programmes to propagate the strategies to mitigate climate change is imminent. Kerala, with its receding share of agriculture is under the pressure of climate change. The study attempted to appraise the readiness of the public extension system to face the challenge of climate change in Kerala in terms of the institutional and financial support available and find out the role played by various agencies. The study also assessed the extent of vulnerability at the farm level, delineated the dimensions of climate resilient agriculture and explored the level of awareness and adoption of climate resilient practices among the farming community. The sample included 40 extension personnel of the Department of Agriculture and 100 farmers drawn from 30 Grama Panchayats in Palakkad and 10 Grama Panchayats in Wayanad. Data were collected by using structured interview schedules and focused group discussions. The extent of climate change vulnerability at the farm level was assessed using Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) and Palakkad was found to be more vulnerable (0.14) than Wayanad (0.12). Among the dimensions of climate change delineated it was found that there are three distinct dimensions of climate change and its impact, viz. ecological, economic and social resilience. Out of the different components of ecological resilience, agro-ecological features of farming was perceived to be the key component, whereas, integrated farming approach with weather based crop insurance, enhanced seed security and alternative livelihood options would enhance economic resilience of the farming community. Adequate infrastructure and community networks to encounter climatic debacle and increased awareness on climate change would help build up social resilience. Awareness of farmers on climate change was found to be higher with respect to crop related aspects and lower in the case of soil and water related components. However, significant difference could be observed between farmers and extension personnel with regard to overall awareness on climate change and its impacts. Of the different climate resilient practices, rain water harvesting structures, integrated weed management practices and community seed bank were found to be adopted more. Farmers in Wayanad were found to have higher mean adoption index (82.83). Attributes like farm size, annual income, farming integration, access to climatological information, education, institutional support and innovativeness of the farmers were found to have significant positive correlation with awareness on climate resilient practices and adoption. Readiness of the public extension system to mainstream climate resilience was explored by analyzing 16 programmes of the Department of Agriculture. Functional components of these programmes which would be instrumental in building climate resilience to the system were identified and financial support to each of them was assessed. ‘Vegetable development programme’ was found to have maximum functional components that could address climate resilience. However, financial outlay of these programmes from 2013-14 to 2017-18 showed higher compound growth rate for ‘soil and root health management and productivity improvement’ interventions. Considering both the outlay and number of programme components, extension support (4.88) and crop production (4.69) interventions were found to have more readiness to combat climate change. In view of the positive and significant relationship between climate change awareness and adoption of resilient practices, it is important that the farming community is scientifically oriented towards building climate resilient agriculture. Shortfalls in institutional and financial support should be sealed with redesigning each development programme with adequate components to address climate change.
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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.
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    Communication behaviour of tribal farmers - a system analysis
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1986) Subramoniam, K; Balakrishna Pillai, G
    The research was conducted in Nedumangad taluk of Trivandrum District to study the communication behaviour of tribal farmers Data were collected from 110 'Kanikkars. from six villages of the taluk based on the method of probability proportionate to size. Farmers were interviewed individually, using the schedule developed for the purpose. Group discussions and participant observations were also made use of for the investigation The study revealed the following; Majority of the tribal farmers had only low level of communication behaviour. The information input of tribal farmers was relatively high. They received information from mass media such as the radio and newspaper and personal localite sources -such as neighbours and relatives. Majority of the farmers communicated information to other farmers of the settlement while personal talk during home visit. Feed back to the mass media was nil. Feed back-to cosmopolite sources was relatively less, while that to personal localite sources was comparatively high. Highest feed back was about the information regarding the sanction of subsidies etc. ’Neighbours and relatives' were the most important sources of information to the tribal farmers followed by radio and newspaper. Tribal leader and Tribal Extension Worker were the next' sources in the order of preference. Age was found to be negatively correlated with communication behaviour. Education, . innovation proneness, attitude towards block extension agency, social participation, information seeking behaviour and cosmopoliteness were positively associated with communication behaviour, whereas fatalism had no correlation. Step wise regression analysis revealed that information seeking behaviour, attitude towards Block extension agency, education and social participation explained 83.00 per cent variation in communication behaviour, while all the independent variables together contributed only to 84.22 per cent of change in communication behaviour. Information seeking behaviour emerged as the most important variable in predicting the communication behaviour by contributing to 74.00 per cent of the variation
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    Extent of adoption of messages by contact farmers in T & V systems
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1987) Prasannan, K M; Tampi, A M
    A research study was conducted in Neyyatinkara Nedumangadu and Attingal subdivision of Trivandrum district of Kerala to study the following 1. To identify the messages on improved agricultural practices on major crops communicated to the contact farmers by the T & V system 2. To assess the extent of adoption of the messages communicated during the season 3. To study the personal, psychological and economic characters of contact farmers with their extent of adoption 4. To delinate the constraints experienced by the contact farmers in the adoption of the messages
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    Awareness and attitude of farmers, agricultural extension workers and officials towards training and visit system
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1984) Betty Cherian, K; Abdul Rahiman Kunju, O
    In order to assess the awareness and attitude of farmers, agricultural extension workers and officials towards T&V system, a study was carried out in Trivandrum district of Kerala State. In the case of farmers, age, education, farm size, social participation, socio economic status, exposure to information source, scientific orientation and risk preference were selected as independant variables. Age education, experience and previous training were the independent variables for agricultural extension workers and officials
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    Impact of training programmes on farm mechanisation - a case study
    (Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 2017) Akhil Krishnan, U; Helen, S
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