Adoption of the recommended production technology regarding major pulse crop grown in a pulse based cropping system by the farmers of Chhattisgarh plains

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in 4 pulse growing districts of Chhattisgarh plains to delineate pulse-based cropping systems, related technologies and identify the technology adoption. The study was carried out on 320 farmers those were adopted pulse based cropping system in particularly in Chhattisgarh plains to ascertain their adoption. The major pulse based cropping systems of study area are Rice- Gram-Fallow / Arhar- Mung-Fallow / Arhar- Urd-Fallow / Soybean- Urd-Fallow / Arhar- Fallow / Arhar- Mung / Urd / Rice-Gram-Mung / Rice-Pea- Fallow / Rice-Lentil- Fallow. Responses had been obtained from the selected pulse growing farmers personally with the help of a well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The study replicate that majority of farmers comes under age group of 36 to 50 years, education up to middle school, mostly belonged to other backward class (OBC), residing with up to medium family members, having membership in more than one organization. Most of the respondents were doing agriculture as main occupation for their livelihood. The respondents were also engaged in agricultural labour, non agricultural labour and animal husbandry; average family income was found up to ? 200000 per annum. Most of the farmers were having between 2.1 to 4.0 ha land. The findings reveal that average adoption and adoption index about agricultural technologies in major pulse crops was 44.04.