A STUDY ON FARMERS INNOVATIONS IN SOUTHERN KARNATAKA

C.V. SANKETH¹*, K.P. RAGHUPRASAD², S. GANESAMOORTHI^3
1Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065, India
³Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065, India
* Corresponding Author : cv.sanketh172@gmail.com

Received : 10-09-2018     Accepted : 26-09-2018     Published : 30-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 18       Pages : 7177 - 7181
Int J Agr Sci 10.18 (2018):7177-7181

Keywords : Farmers innovations, Animal husbandry, Plant-protection, Post-harvest, Crop production
Academic Editor : Tanweer Ahmed
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065, India. Author also thankful to farmers of seven districts of southern Karnataka for support to do the research
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Farmers innovations play a vital role in recent years which can supplement formal research, since these innovations are cost effective, eco-friendly and easy to adopt. Hence, documentation of farmers innovations will becomes need of the hour. The study has been conducted during the year 2016-17 in seven districts of southern Karnataka. Among these districts, 50 farmers innovations were documented. Accordingly more number of innovations were found in animal husbandry category (34 %) followed by plant protection (24 %), post-harvest (20.00 %), crop production (12.00 %) and farm machinery categories (10 %) and also more number of innovations were found in the less than two years category (30.00 %), followed by more than ten years category (24.00 %), five to eight years category (20.00 %), two to five years category (16.00 %) and least number of innovations found in the eight to ten years of category (10.00 %).

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