tailieunhanh - Factors affecting adoption of maize cultivation practices in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India

The present study was undertaken in year 2014 and 2015 to study the factors affecting adoption of Maize cultivation practices in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. There were 160 Gram panchayats, 385 villages and 4 towns viz. Rajouri, Thanamandi, Nowshera and Sunderbani. The district constitutes percent of the geographical area of the state. There are 7 revenue tehsils viz; Rajouri, Thanamandi, Nowshera, Sunderbani, Budhal and Darhal with a total of 9 revenue blocks in district Rajouri. Although agriculture is the main occupation of district Rajouri, but the farming community is perceived to be still following traditional agricultural practices. Therefore, the present study was conducted to examine the knowledge, attitude and extent of adoption of improved package of practices for Maize cultivation and to identify socioeconomic and personal factors which can affect the adoption of recommended practices of Maize. The study revealed that the majority of the respondents have low level of adoption and have medium level of attitude towards the cultivation practices of Maize. | Factors affecting adoption of maize cultivation practices in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India

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• Cultivation practices
• Factors affecting adoption
• Maize cultivation practices
• Following traditional agricultural practices
• Improved package
• Rabi Jowar
• Recommended cultivation practices
• Rabi Jowar among the growers
• Adoption of recommended cultivation practices
• Improved cultivation practices
• Improved cultivation practices of black gram
• Black gram
• Adoption of improved cultivation practices
• Turmeric grower
• Turmeric in Yavatmal district
• Turmeric cultivation
• Paddy growers
• Inorganic and cultivation practices
• TBP command area
• Inorganic paddy growers
• Knowledge level of organic
• Level of attitude
• Mean per cent score
• Recommended soybean cultivation practices
• Farmers towards recommended soybean cultivation practices
• Develop attitude scale
• Hi tech cultivation practices
• Augmenting productivity
• Papaya for augmenting productivity
• Hi tech cultivation practices in papaya
• Papaya (Carica papaya L)
• Farm women
• Role of paddy cultivation practices
• Role of farm women
• Paddy cultivation practices
• Proportionate random sampling procedure
• Adoption level
• Zinger cultivation practices
• Zinger growers regarding
• Adoption level of Zinger growers
• Extent of adoption
• Turmeric growers
• Registered flower growers
• Experience and cultivation practices
• Central Kashmir
• Practices of registered flower growers
• Rice growers
• Constraints faced by rice growers
• Recommended rice cultivation practices
• Cultivation of rice crop
• Basis of maximum
• Recommended cultivation
• North Eastern Karnataka
• Blackgram growers
• Constraints in adoption
• Improved practices
• Bastar plateau
• Modern vegetable cultivation practices
• Cultural practices
• Constraints perceived
• Adoption of IPM practices
• Cauliflower cultivation
• Basis of maximum area
• Greengram cultivation
• Dryland practices
• Semi Arid zone
• Improved dryland practices
• Semi arid zone of Andhra Pradesh
• Knowledge test
• Tomato farmers
• Recommended practices
• Andhra pradesh
• Recommended tomato cultivation practices
• Yellow stem borer
• Integrated pest management practices in paddy
• Eco friendly management practices
• Faulty cultivation practices
• Management practices
• Millet (Panicum millare)
• Hilly tribe farmers
• Jawadhu hills
• Little millet (Panicum millare)
• Wheat crop
• Agriculture development
• Cultivation technology etc
• Knowledge level
• Knowledge level of ATMA
• Pineapple farmers
• Farmers towards sustainable cultivation practices
• Scale for measuring the attitude
• Negative affect associated
• Split half method
• Sustainable cultivation practices
• Groundnut farmers
• Standard test to measure knowledge
• Measure knowledge
• Technological gap
• Small and marginal farmers
• Marginal farmers
• Chickpea crop
• Adoption dynamics
• Improved package of practices
• Sugarcane cultivation
• Farmers of east Champaran
• Sugarcane growing
• Agro forestry system
• Carbon sequestration potential
• Reduced tillage and mulching
• Different cultivation practices
• Mulberry vis à vis soils