A study on knowledge and adoption of chickpea production technology among the farmers of Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh state

Abstract

The present study was carried out during 2022-2023 in the Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh state. Bemetara district consists of 4 blocks, out of which 2 blocks were selected purposively because these blocks are having maximum area covered under chickpea crop. For this study eight villages were selected purposively from selected 2 blocks. 15 respondents were selected randomly from each selected village. Personal interview schedule was used to gather data and using various statistical measures like mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage, correlation coefficient, multiple regression and ranking were used to arrive at specific inference. The findings of this study revealed that more than half of the respondents belonged to middle aged group educated up to middle school. Majority of the respondents had a medium family size. They had membership in one organization 43.33 per cent. Majority of respondents 47.5 per cent had small land holding i.e., 1.01 ha. to 2.00 ha. and majority of respondents 55.83 per cent operating in of up to 1.0 ha. of the said area under chickpea crop. Most of the respondents 50.83 per cent had their annual income in the range of Rs. 1.1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakhs. 75 per cent of respondents had acquired credit facility. Cooperative society was observed to be major source of credit for farmers. Main source of information was through Friends/ Neighbors/ Relatives and majority of chickpea growers had medium level of innovativeness. The overall knowledge index about knowledge and adoption of recommended chickpea production technology was found as 62.88 per cent among the respondents. tube well was revealed to be the major source of irrigation in the study area 62.5 per cent. Whereas overall adoption index about knowledge and adoption of recommended chickpea production technology was 61.94 per cent.