Correlates of adoption of recommended cultivation practices of gram (<em>Cicer arietinum </em>L.) by the farmers

Abstract

Gram (Cicer arietinum L.) is leguminous pulse crop which belongs to Leguminosae family. It important pulse crop from nutrition point of view. Pulses are main source of protein in vegetarian diet. Legume has unique role in human and animal nutrition as well as in improvement of soil fertility by improving physico chemical and biological properties of soil. India is the largest producer of pulses in the world with (24.00%) share in the global production. Practice wise adoption (71.67%) respondents had full adoption of land preparation, and sowing method practices, followed by (70.84%) and (68.33%) had full adoption of types of soil required and sowing time practices, respectively. While, (17.50%) seed treatment, and (9.17%) had full adoption of recommended FYM application practices. In case of adoption education, land holding, annual income and sources of information of the respondents are positively and significantly correlated with adoption of farmers. These relationships were significant at 0.01 per cent level of probability and area under gram, innovativeness and economic motivation are significant at 0.05 per cent level of probability. However, age was found negatively non-significant and source of irrigation and insurance availed were non-significant with the adoption. The findings pertaining the constraints faced by farmers in adoption of recommended cultivation practices of gram, were majority of (56.67%) respondents faced the low market prices of gram, (53.54%) lack of knowledge about seed treatment, (48.33%) high labour wages, (39.17%) non-availability of labour and crop damaged by wild animal (35.00%).