Agriculture Update

Dipak Nath ¹, Pijush Kanti Biswas ², Amit Nath ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Divyodaya, Khowai (TRIPURA), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Divyodaya, khowai (TRIPURA), IN

Abstract

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Keywords

Dairying, Recommended, Cattle, Livestock, Balanced Diet

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Dipak Nath ¹, Ingita Gohain ²

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, khowai Tripura, IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Birchandram Tripura, IN

Abstract

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Keywords

Perception, Tuber Crop, Production Technology, Tripura

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Phani Bhusan Jamatia ¹, B. S. Hansra ², D. Basu ³, Dipak Nath ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture, Agartala (Tripura), IN
2 Amity International Centre for Postharvest Technology and Cold Chain Management, Amity University, Noida (U.P.), IN
3 Department of Extension Education, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Noida (U.P.), IN
4 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Divyodaya, West Tripura (Tripura), IN

Abstract

The study was carried out in all the erstwhile 4 (four) districts namely South Tripura, West Tripura, Dhalai and North Tripura with 240 potato farmers to ascertain adoption level of recommended practices TPS technology by the potato farmers, find out the relationship between personal characteristics of TPS farmers and adoption of TPS cultivation practice and reasons for nonadoption of TPS technology by the potato farmers. Out of 240 potato farmers 186 potato farmers have adopted the TPS technology fully (75 nos.) or partially (111 nos.). As per overall adoption, 40.32 percent of TPS farmers had high adoption behavior on TPS cultivation practices followed by medium adoption behaviour (33.33 %). Category wise, 48.00 per cent of the total marginal farmers (131 nos.) and 36.67 per cent of the total small farmers (75 nos.), 16.00 per cent of the total medium farmers (31 nos.); and 1.33 per cent of the total big farmers (3 nos.) have adopted TPS technology fully. The adoption of TPS cultivation technology was found to be positively and significantly correlated with their education, social participation, innovativeness, scientific orientation, economic motivation, knowledge at 1 per cent level of significance and mass media participation and contact with extension agency at 5 per cent level of significance. Different TPS cultivation practice wise maximum adoption were found in time, spacing and depth of seed sowing in nursery bed. Reasons for non-adoption of TPs technology by different categories of potato farmers showed that complexity in nature of technology, scarcity in skilled labour, lack of technical skill, risky technology and non-economical, no knowledge and lack of awareness were the major reasons for non-adoption of TPS technology in the study area.

Keywords

Potato Farmers, Extent of Adoption, Credit Orientation, Economic Motivation, Innovativeness, Scientific Orientation, TPS Cultivation Practices.

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Subhra Shil ¹, Dipak Nath ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, West Tripura (Tripura), IN

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Intercropping is being adopted as a method of crop production by the farmers of Tripura. Farmers often intercrop legumes with non-legumes. A study was conducted in the farmer's field of Khowai district of Tripura during 2014. The objective of the study was to assess the productivity of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) and pea (Pisum sativum) in sole and intercropping system to find the best combinations which yield highest production. Cauliflower and pea were planted under four different row arrangements (T₁-Cauliflower as sole crop, T₂-Pea as sole crop, T₃-Cauliflower: pea (1:1), T₄-Cauliflower: pea (1:2) in the open field. Land equivalent ratio (LER) was calculated to identify the best system of intercropping and it was recorded that incase of T₄ i.e., Cauliflower: Pea (1:2) LER was greater than one i.e., 1.04, indicating that this cropping system is profitable in terms of land utilization. Moreover, results of analyses using benefit-cost ratio showed that the most favourable mix of vegetables which could be recommended for adoption to farmers was the intercrop of a row of cauliflower with two rows of Pea (T₄-1:2).

Keywords

Intercropping, Sole Cropping, Land Equivalent Ratio (LER), Pea, Cauliflower.

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Dipak Nath ¹, Subhra Shil ¹

Affiliations
1 Divyodaya Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Khowai (West Tripura), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted among the women beneficiaries of Divyodaya Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tripura West district of Tripura. A total of 200 respondents belonging to SC and ST population were selected randomly from the 14 purposively selected villages. The study revealed that 49.00 per cent of the respondents had high level of knowledge followed by 37.50 per cent in medium and 13.50 per cent respondents in low level of knowledge category on production technologies of horticultural crops. The socio-personal characteristics like age (r=0.761), educational level (r=0.890), mass media exposure (0.767), family's operational land holding (r=0.649) and social participation (r=0.759) had positive and highly significant relation whereas marital status (r=0.541) and family type (r=0.534) had positive and moderately significant relation with the knowledge level of women beneficiaries on production technologies of horticultural crops.

Keywords

Women Beneficiary, Knowledge Level, Production Technology, Horticultural Crop.

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Dipankar Dey ¹, Dipak Nath ¹, Lord Litan Debbarma ¹, Subhra Shil ¹, Suresh Chandra Biswas ¹, Ardhendu Chakraborty ¹, Rajib Das ¹, Nurul Islam ¹, Subrata Choudhury ¹, Prasanto Reang ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Khowai (Tripura), IN

Abstract

North Pulinpur with GPS location 23°52.836¹ N, 91°35.275¹ E and elevation 47m is one of the draught prone tribal inhabited ADC village of the district Khowai under the state Tripura. The total geographical area of the village is 950 hectare with cultivable area of about 250 hectare only among 806 farm families. So, most of the families are holding either small or marginal farms. There was no perennial streams, rivers, ponds and other irrigation facilities in the village. Prevailing temperature ranges from 16°C to 37°C. Annual rainfall ranges from 2050 to 2550 mm, but almost whole amount goes out to neighboring lower elevated village. Agriculture is the mainstay of the people, about 85 per cent of them engage in agriculture and its allied activities. Farmers earned their livelihood from rainfed rice based monocropped cultivation. Moisture stress during Kharifdry spell and winter season which lead to rice based mono-cropping system. Under the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture(NICRA) Project KVK,Khowai has constructed and rejuvenated 22 water bodies from 2011-12 to 2018-19 at North Pulinpur ADC village; all of which provided life saving irrigation for paddy during Kharifdry spell as well as during Rabiseason through nano pumps installed nearby farm ponds. Before implementation of NICRA project to North Pulinpur ADC village, most of the areas remain dry during Rabi season. After the intervention, approximately 26187 ft 3 rainwater had been harvested covering an area of about 135.0 ha. for winter vegetables and Rabi maize cultivation and during dry period. In addition to this, a total area of about 1 ha waste land had been converted to paddy land using water from community bund. Ponds were also used for composite fish culture with average yield of 30 q/ farmer/year/ha during 2018-19.

Keywords

NICRA, KVK Khowai, Paddy.

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