Agriculture Update

A. N. Sabale ¹, D. D. Suradkar ², B. M. Thombre ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S., IN
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture (MKV) Latur, M.S., IN
3 Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, M.S., IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Ashti, Shirur. Patoda, Beed and Kaij tahsils of Beed district. The study is about entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers in relation to personal characteristics in selected areas of Beed district. The study was carried out at twenty five villages of Beed district which were selected randomly. From each village five entrepreneurs (farmers) were selected randomly for study and data were collected by direct interview. Thus, total 125 entrepreneurs were selected for the study, viz., majority of the farmers expressed financial problem, lack of exposure to mass media and information and marketing problem as reported by 76.00, 64.80 and 60.80 per cent, respectively followed by lack of knowledge (55.20%), lack of food grain storage facility (52.00%), labour problem (46.40%) and lack of transportation facilities (44.80%), respectively.

Keywords

Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Behaviour, Constraints

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B. M. Thombre ¹, R. S. Atar ², D. D. Suradkar ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.), IN
2 College of Agriculture (M.K.V.), latur (M.S.), IN
3 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture (M.K.V.), latur (M.S.), IN

Abstract

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Keywords

Knowledge, Grape, Cultivation Practices

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M. G. Kitturmath ¹, D. D. Suradkar ², B. M. Thombre ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extention Education, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in College of Agriculture, Latur under Marathwada Krushi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.) in 2011-12. The study was conducted in Latur district. Three tahsils and four villages from each tahsil were selected randomly. Ten respondents from each villages were selected to comprise a sample of 120 respondents. The respondents were personally interviewed and the data collected were processed and statistically analyzed by using statistical techniques like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of correlation. For the study independent variables namely age, education, family type, family size, use of sources of information, extension contact, social participation, and achievement motivation were selected. In this study it was observed that majority (70.83%) of the respondents had favourable attitude followed by less favourable attitude 15.00 per cent and the remaining 14.17 per cent of the respondents belonged to more favourable attitude in rural development activities.

Keywords

Attitude, Youth, Rural Development

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A. N. Sabale ¹, D. D. Suradkar ¹, B. M. Thombre ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur, M.S., IN

Abstract

The investigation was conducted during year 2012-2013 to study the entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers in Marathwada region of Maharashtra by selecting 125 respondents through random sampling. A pretested structured interview schedule was used to collect the information through personal interview method. Data analyzed by using mean, frequency, percentage, standard deviation and correlation co-efficient. Majority of farmers (51.20%) belonged to medium level of innovativeness, medium farm decision making (63.20%) with medium achievement motivation (58.40%). About (55.20%) farmers had medium knowledge of farm enterprises with medium (71.20%) risk taking ability. The data revealed that 63.20 per cent had medium information seeking behaviour with low leadership ability (40.00%) and medium cosmopoliteness (56.80%). The overall study revealed that farmers had medium entrepreneurial behaviour. It could be observed that, six independent variables i.e. farming experience, education, land holding, annual income, assets and level of aspiration showed positive and significant relationship at 0.05 level of probability, whereas extension contact showed positive and significant relationship at 0.01 level of probability and three independent variables i.e. occupation, social participation and mass media use had non significant relationship with their entrepreneurial behaviour.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial Behaviour

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B. M. Thombre ¹, J. V. Ekale ², B. L. Pisure ²

Affiliations
1 College of Agriculture (VNMKV), Latur (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.), IN

Abstract

Soybean is known as golden bean in India. Soybean is grown successfully in various agro climatic conditions ranging from temperate region to subtropical and tropical regions. Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth developed various technologies and recommendations for soybean cultivation. This study was conducted to study the adoption of these technologies and their socio-economic impact on farmers and also to understand the constraints faced by the farmers in adopting the MKV recommended technologies in soybean crop. The present study was conducted in the jurisdiction of MKV, Parbhani. The data was collected from the respondents by personally interviewing them with the help of specially designed interview schedule. Twenty five respondents from each of the villages were selected randomly, thus, a sample size of 100 was selected for the study. The results revealed that majority of the respondents had middle age group, educated up to secondary school, semi medium land holding, high experience, well for irrigation, uses surface irrigation and fair category of use of source of irrigation. It was also found that more than half of the respondents had low adoption category about recommended technology of soybean crop and majority of respondents expressed that low impact of technology. It was also found that lack of knowledge of improved technology stands, labour problem and high rate and unavailability of fertilizers at proper time were the major constraints face by them in adoption of MKV recommended technologies.

Keywords

Socio-Economic Impact, Technology, Soybean Crop.

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B. M. Thombre ¹, B. R. Pawar ², R. R. Chole ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, College of Agriculture, Latur (M.S.), IN
3 Department of Extension Education, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani (M.S.), IN

Abstract

For the study, Udgir tehsil of Latur district was selected and from five villages in all ninety cattle tail-hair producers were selected. Data pertained for the year 2007-08. The results revealed that mostly cattle tail-hair producers were from middle age group with education level up to Secondary School. Mostly herd size of cattle was low in the study area. Intensively, cattle tail- hair rope was used for seed drill and offspring’s palana. Lack of skill of industrial products of cattle tail-hair can be solved by training to youth on manufactured products. All the suggestions can be considered in policy making for solving the problems of cattle tail-hair producers.

Keywords

Tail-Hair, Cattle, Constraints, Suggestions.

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B. M. Thombre ¹, Y. R. Karande ¹, J. V. Mande ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Latur (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted in purposively selected Chakur and Ahmedpur Talukas of Latur district. Data were collected from 120 rural women for the study. It was revealed that rural women gave a number of constraints of which major constraints faced were keeping girls outside for the education is criticized by the people (67.50 per cent), no security is assured against evil elements of society when girls are keeping away from their families (65 per cent), we cannot offer to pay for educational requirement of girls (56.66 per cent), tradition of early marriages of girls do not permit for their studies (40.83 per cent), educated girls have to maintain their standard of living for which we cannot provide extra money (43.33 per cent), girls education cannot pay back to parents after their marriages (40 per cent).

Keywords

Constraints, Rural Women, Girl’s Education.

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