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Sathya Gopal, P. V.
- Relationship between Profile Characteristics and Extent of Precision in Utilization of Inputs by the Rice Farmers in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh
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1 Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati (A.P.), IN
1 Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati (A.P.), IN
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International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol 16, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 150-153Abstract
The present investigation was done to study the relationship between profile characteristics and extent of precision in utilization of inputs by the rice farmers in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Ex-post facto research design was followed for the study and a sample of 120 respondents was drawn. It was found that the computed ‘r’ values of the variables viz., education, extension contact, social participation, mass media exposure, management orientation, economic orientation and scientific orientation were more than the table value of “r” at 0.01 level of significance and net returns was greater than the table value of “r” at 0.05 level of significance and shown positively significant relationship with the extent of precision by the rice farmers. The computed ‘r’ values of the variables viz., age, farming experience, farm size and cost of cultivation were more than the table value of “r” at 0.05 level of significance in a negative and show negatively significant relationship with the extent of precision by the rice farmers, relationship with the extent of precision by the rice farmers. On the other side, the computed ‘r’ values of the variables viz., annual income, risk orientation, innovativeness, decision making ability and deferred gratification were less than the table value of “r” at 0.01 level of significance. Hence, it could be inferred that there was a non-significant relationship with the extent of precision by the rice farmers.Keywords
Relationship, Extent of Precision, Variables.
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- Extent of Precision in Input Utilization by the Rice Farmers in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh
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1 Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati (A.P.), IN
1 Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati (A.P.), IN
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International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol 16, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 193-196Abstract
The present investigation was done to study the extent of precision in input utilization by the rice farmers in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Ex-post facto research design was followed for the study and a sample of 120 respondents was drawn. In terms of utilization of seeds, only 44.33 per cent of precision was noticed for seed treatment followed by variety with 49.33 per cent and seed rate with 95.70 per cent by the rice farmers. Overall precision towards all the major fertilizers is only 57.69 per cent by the rice farmers which includes time of application, method of application and dosage of fertilizers. In terms of utilization of insecticides only 30.33 per cent of precision was noticed towards identification of ETL, followed by dosage with 55.52 per cent, followed by use of recommended chemical with 57.22 per cent and quantity of spray fluid with 59.53 per cent in insecticides utilization by the rice farmers. Regarding the utilization of fungicides, only 29.86 per cent of precision was noticed towards identification of ETL, followed by dosage with 66.99 per cent, followed by use of recommended chemical with 68.97 per cent and quantity of spray fluid with 68.97 per cent in utilization of fungicides by the rice farmers. In terms of utilization of herbicides, only 64.83 per cent was noticed towards use of recommended chemical followed by 65.41 per cent of precision in terms of dosage. Regarding the utilization of rodenticides, 62.68 per cent towards use of recommended chemical, followed by 71.64 per cent of precision in terms of dosage. Coming to the overall results, the average of precision of inputs in utilization revealed that, herbicides was found to be having high extent of precision with 65.12 per cent, followed by seeds with 63.12 per cent, rodenticides with 62.16 per cent, fungicides with 60.20 per cent, fertilizers with 57.69 per cent and insecticides with only 50.64 per cent, ranked second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.Keywords
Inputs, Seeds, Fertilizers, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Rodenticides, Dosage.References
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