Adoption of sustainable agricultural practices by traditional rice growers

Binoo P, Bonny; Vijayaragavan, K

dc.contributor.author	Binoo P, Bonny
dc.contributor.author	Vijayaragavan, K
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-08T05:46:11Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-08T05:46:11Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Tropical Agriculture 39 (2001) : 151-156	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2217
dc.description.abstract	Farmer sustainability index (FSI) was developed to measure the adoption of sustainable practices by traditional rice growers of Kuttanad agro-ecosystem in Kerala. Based on the mean FSI scores of each group, the groups were named as conventional and sustainable. The results indicate a wide range between the mean FSI scores of conventional (23.95) and sustainable (70.06) adopter categories. The conventional and sustainable adopter categories maintained significantly distinct positions on all selected practices and also on the overall total FSI scores. It proved that the conventional and sustainable groups acted differently on all production practices in concordance with their technological allegiance.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikara	en_US
dc.subject	Adoption, sustainable agriculture, and traditional rice grower	en_US
dc.title	Adoption of sustainable agricultural practices by traditional rice growers	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US