Journal of Agricultural Extension Management
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Farmer to Farmer Extension for Sustainable Agriculture an Experience of U.P. Sodic Lands Reclamation Project - India
Full text linkIndia ha around 0.73 % of the sodic lands around the world. The state of Uttar Pradesh in Indi a has some 1.2 million ha. of sodic waste lands. Such areas account for 10% of total cultivable area of the state and about 17 % of the salt affected lands in the countr
Research in Field Extension – an approach for sustainability
Full text linkThough the need for research in physical and biological sciences has been well recognised for centuries, the importance of research in social and behavioural sciences including extension was not recognised. The research in agricultural extension is of relatively recent origin traced back to mid-1950. It was born out of practical considerations such as making improvement on extension work. Studies on communication methods and social change were needed to make effective interventions for increasing farm production. Though the research in extension is 40 years old. India is one of the important centres in extension research (Singh, 1998). The history of extension discipline in India reveals that organised effort in extension research started with establishment of discipline of extension in agricultural colleges and farm Universities. It was evolved through continuous rythemic shift with the changing needs of farming community and it need to be strengthened further in the 2ist century with the changing concept in agricultural developmen
Status from Castor Seed Purchasers to Seed Producers: A Success Story from Andhra Pradesh
Full text linkIndia is the world’s largest producer of castor. In India, the crop is mostly confined to Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karna taka. Of late it has spread across Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh etc. Annually the crop is raised over an area of 7.5 lakh hectares with a turn over of 7.7 lakh tones (Annual Progress Report on Castor, 2000-01). In India, Gujarat is at the forefront in the commercial exploitation of hybrid vigour and stands first in the spread of hybrid castor while other varieties are grown predominantly in Andhra Pradesh. Castor is raised in Andhra Pradesh over an area of 3 lakh hectares and the produce is 0.8 to 1 lakh tonnes an nu al ly. Castor is the poor man\u27s crop in Andhra Pradesh, confined mostly to Mahaboobnagar, Nalgonda and Ranga Reddy districts. The productivity of the crop in Andhra Pradesh is only 275 kg/ha, as against national average of l 027 kg/ha (Damodaram & Hegde, 2000). The reasons for low yields are the poor socio-economic status of growers, cultivation in poor soils with low input management under rainfed conditions, besides use of poor quality seed. The quality seed, though costs low, constitutes a vital and most pivotal link in the production chain. By and large, the quality seed is not within the reach of castor growing districts in general and Mahabubnagar district in particula
Assessment of Risk in Dryland Agriculture: a study of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh
Full text linkIndian agriculture achieved an impressive growth following the green revolution but instability in production too has increased. With the advent of green revolution in our country, dry land agriculture ~as been conscious of increasing production and productivity by exposing the farmers to new dry land technologies. However, an intriguing feature is that dry land agriculture is subjected to high instability in production year- to- year even after the green revolution period. It was observed that drought has an invisible hand in limiting the production and the productivity. More over transition from subsistence to commercialized agriculture has resulted in market induced risk on farm. The welfare implication of risk holds that wider changes in prices and income affect the investment and rational planning of family living expense
Agriculture media in India: March towards problem solving and professionalism
No full textThis qualitatively sums up, the present status of agriculture media in the country. Inadequate coverage i.e quantitative and lack of depth, i.e qualitative, handling of agriculture media by non-agriculture professionals and most importantly covering for the sake of covering without problem solving approach are the main impediments in strengthening agriculture media in the countr
Gap in Watershed Project Activities: A Study at Micro Level
Full text linkThe national Watershed Development Programme was launched in India during 1995. Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of lndia has formulated guidelines and circulated to all concerned for effective implementation of the programme. The guideline emphasized up gradation and adoption of low cost technologies and materials for sustainable development, capacity building of the people through training and exposure as well as development of entrepreneurial skills. The watershed association will relieve funds from DRDA and utilize as per the action plan formulated. So, the programme is people oriented programme and the guideline provides sufficient operational flexibility at different levels enabling to respond to different situations and aspirations of the watershed communities. Attempt was therefore made to make a study to assess the gap in watershed development project activitie
Problems of shrimp entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu
Full text linkAquaculture contributes significantly to foreign exchange earnings, food production and employment generation. The profitability of shrimp farming is relatively high, as the entrepreneurs are able to realise their investment in a couple of years. However, the present situation is considered to be highly volatile due to serious setbacks in shrimp farming, due to disease outbreaks, judicial pronouncements, government apathy, environmental misapprehensions, over cautious attitude of financial institutions, bureaucratic indifference and non-cooperation among farmers with regard to local common resource management. If the potential and contribution of ·aquaculture are to be realised, issues and challenges faced by the entrepreneurs need to be studied and analysed. Hence, a research study was undertaken to assess the social, economic, psychological and technological problems at different stages starting from planning to marketing as perceived by the shrimp entrepreneur
Effectiveness of Agriclinics and Agribusiness training programme in Kerala
Full text linkThe Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, in association with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) and the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) launched a unique programme of "Agriclinics and Agribusiness Centres Scheme" to take better methods of farming to each and every farmer across the country. The Agriclinics and Agribusiness centres scheme aims to tap the expertise available in the large pool of graduates in agriculture and allied sectors. It is expected that the setting up of agriclinics and agribusiness centres by agriculture graduates trained under the scheme will strengthen transfer of technology and extension service
Mechanisation in dryland agriculture: present status and future needs
Full text linkNearly 67 per cent of India\u27s total cultivated area of around 142 million hectares is under rainfed agriculture. This area accounts for 44 per cent of total food production. Important food crops like nutritious cereals (91 %), pulses (91 %), oilseeds (80%) and commercial crops like cotton (65%) are cultivated. Dryland agriculture also supports 40 per cent of human population and 60 of the total livestoc
Role of \u27Kisan Call Center\u27, Pune in dissemination of agricultural technology
No full textThe challenges before Indian agriculture are immense. This sector needs to grow at a faster rate than in the past to allow for higher per capita income and consumption. It is an accepted fact that sound agricultural development is essential for. Overall economic progress. About two thirds of the workforce are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture. This sector generates about 28 percent of the GDP and over 15 percent of exports. Rising consumer prosperity and the search by farmers for higher incomes will simultaneously drive crop diversification. Export opportunities for agricultural products are also expected to continue to grow, provided India could meet the stability, quality and presentation standards demanded by foreign trade and consumers and maintain its comparative advantage as a relatively low cost produce