ADOPTION LEVEL OF SELECTED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES OF RICE CROP BY WARLI TRIBAL FARMERS

R.P. WADEKAR¹, R.G. MARDANE², S.A. DHENGE³*, S.C. HOLKAR^4
1Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, 415 712, Maharashtra, India
²Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, 415 712, Maharashtra, India
³Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, 415 712, Maharashtra, India
⁴Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, 415 712, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : drsevak7@gmail.com

Received : 06-10-2016     Accepted : 23-10-2017     Published : 30-10-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 49       Pages : 4841 - 4843
Int J Agr Sci 9.49 (2017):4841-4843

Keywords : Adoption level, agricultural technologies, rice crop, Warli Tribal farmers
Academic Editor : Dr Pradeep Mishra
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : I avail the opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude to major adviser and all members of advisory committee for his guidance, sustained encouragement. I owe my deepest gratitude to College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, 415 712, Maharashtra, India for providing the necessary facilities and support for research work
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present study was conducted in Thane district of Konkan region of Maharashtra state. The objective of the study was to assess adoption level of selected agricultural technologies of rice crop by Warli Tribal farmers. Out of fifteen tehsils, two tehsils were selected on the basis of higher production of rice. From each selected tehsil, six villages were selected on the basis of higher production of rice. Total twelve villages were selected randomly. From each selected village 10 rice growers were selected from each village making a total sample of 120 farmers. The data were collected through personal interview method. The result of the study showed that58.33 per cent of the respondents had ‘partially’ adopted high yielding varieties like Karjat-3, Palghar-1, Ratna, Karjat-1, Sahydri-1, Sahydri-3,Large majority of (91.66 per cent) the respondents had ‘not’ adopted Use of urea brickets and about 91.66 per cent of the respondents had ‘not’ adopted after transplanting use of urea brickets at 7-10cm depth by hand, in square of four seedlings within same day, large majority (85 per cent) of the respondents had ‘not’ adopted the practice ‘Releasing trichocard as egg parasite,85.83 per cent of the respondents had ‘not’ adopted the practice, application of insecticides such as carbofuran, phorate or quinolphos, also the practice of at nursery stage spray quinolphos 25 E.C. @ 1600 ml/ 250 liters of water, respectively, 85 per cent of the respondents had ‘not’ adopted the practice of use of Trichoderma spp and bacillus spp, 81.66 per cent of the respondents had ‘not’ adopted the use of Pankaj puddler, 95.00 per cent of the respondents did ‘not’ adopted the use of husk operated Chula. Regarding extent of adoption, 70.83 per cent of the respondents had ‘medium’ adoption of the selected agricultural technologies of rice crop, while 15.00 per cent and 14.17 per cent of the respondents had ‘high’ and ‘low’ adoption, respectively.

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