KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION STATUS OF BIO-FERTILIZERS AMONG THE KRISHNA DISTRICT FARMERS

A.R. KAPPALA¹*, V. BOLLA^2
1Senior Scientist (TOT), District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre, Vuyyuru, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, India
²Scientist (Crop production), District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre, Vuyyuru, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, India
* Corresponding Author : atchutaraj@gmail.com

Received : 06-06-2022     Accepted : 27-06-2022     Published : 30-06-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 6       Pages : 11432 - 11434
Int J Agr Sci 14.6 (2022):11432-11434

Keywords : Knowledge, Adoption, Bio fertilizers
Academic Editor : Dr Hemangi Mehta, Sankar, Dr Vijaya Lakshmi V
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre (DAATTC), Vuyyuru, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present study was conducted in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Data were collected personally from 120 farmers from ten villages of Machilipatnam, Kankipadu, Nandigama and Gannavaram mandals to study the knowledge and adoption of bio fertilizers among the farmers. The findings of the research revealed that Majority (68.33 per cent) of the respondents had medium level knowledge, followed by 20.00 per cent of them having low level of knowledge and 11.67 per cent of the respondents had high level of knowledge. Majority (64.17 per cent) of the respondents had medium adoption level, followed by 20.00 per cent of them having low adoption level and15.83 per cent of the respondents had high adoption level of bio fertilizers. More than half (52.50 per cent) farmers reported low shelf life of bio fertilizers, 42.50 per cent farmers reported non availability of bio fertilizers locally at times when needed, 35.00 per cent farmers reported lack of knowledge about bio fertilizers practices and 29.17 per cent farmers reported lack of knowledge about bio fertilizers as the constraints. More than half (52.50 per cent) of the farmers suggested to increase the shelf life of bio fertilizers, 46.67 per cent of the farmers suggested that bio fertilizers should be available at local level, 43.33 per cent of the farmers suggested to provide useful information and literature on bio fertilizers from Agriculture Department and University, 33.33 per cent of the farmers suggested to conduct the demonstrations regarding use of bio fertilizers