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Constraints Faced by the Farmers in Adoption of Bio-Fertilizers


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1 Department of Extension Education, College of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola (M.S.), India
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola (M.S.), India
3 College of Horticulture Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola (M.S.), India
     

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The present investigation was carried out in six villages of Akola taluka in Akola district of Maharashtra state. An exploratory design of social research was used. A sample of 90 farmers were drawn and considered for tabulation and analysis of data. The farmer who had been supplied with bio-fertilizers was the unit of study. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (75.56%) do not have knowledge about phosphate solubalising bacteria (PSB), 60 per cent farmers did not use jiggery as a sticking agent during seed treatment with biofertilizers, 75.55 per cent respondents reported blackening of hands and cloths while treating the seed with biofertilzers and non availability of biofertilizers in time before sowing (60.00%). Regarding opinion expressed by the farmers, it was noted that motivating rural youth to establish small scale co-operative “Biofertilizer production unit” at village level.

Keywords

Constraints, Knowledge, Adoption, Bio-Fertilizer.
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Authors

R. T. Katole
Department of Extension Education, College of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola (M.S.), India
Umesh R. Chinchmalatpure
Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola (M.S.), India
G. B. More
College of Horticulture Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola (M.S.), India

Abstract


The present investigation was carried out in six villages of Akola taluka in Akola district of Maharashtra state. An exploratory design of social research was used. A sample of 90 farmers were drawn and considered for tabulation and analysis of data. The farmer who had been supplied with bio-fertilizers was the unit of study. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (75.56%) do not have knowledge about phosphate solubalising bacteria (PSB), 60 per cent farmers did not use jiggery as a sticking agent during seed treatment with biofertilizers, 75.55 per cent respondents reported blackening of hands and cloths while treating the seed with biofertilzers and non availability of biofertilizers in time before sowing (60.00%). Regarding opinion expressed by the farmers, it was noted that motivating rural youth to establish small scale co-operative “Biofertilizer production unit” at village level.

Keywords


Constraints, Knowledge, Adoption, Bio-Fertilizer.

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