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Burman, R. R.
- Can Post Offices of Rural India be the Driver for Agricultural Technology Dissemination? Experiences of Action Research
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S. K. Dubey
1,
R. R. Burman
2,
J. P. Sharma
2,
K. Vijayaragavan
2,
V. Sangeetha
2,
Ishwari Singh
2,
H. S. Gupta
2
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1 Zonal Project Directorate, Zone IV, Rawatpur, Kanpur 208 002, IN
2 Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IN
1 Zonal Project Directorate, Zone IV, Rawatpur, Kanpur 208 002, IN
2 Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 107, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 195-202Abstract
Action research on validating the linkages with post offices in the dissemination of farm technology was done. Post offices and their personnel (50) at the district, block and villages levels in Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, were contacted. Organizational analysis of Indian Postal Department helped identify the scope for entering into linkages for the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Seeds of improved varieties were disseminated and different possible dissemination modes were experimented. The trend analysis of post office works showed sharp decline (about 50%) in the mail and delivery of ordinary post. Similarly, the sale of postal stamp and revenue stamp had declined to the same extent. The collaborative activities through tie-ups with other agencies like SBI, ICICI, mutual fund agencies, Oriental Insurance, etc. had increased (15-20%), which provided the opportunity for establishing linkages. Up to summer/zaid 2013, more than 1900 farmers under 18 post offices in five states covering 181 villages have been reached through this innovative technology dissemination model. The major crops included in the programme are wheat, paddy, pigeon pea, bajra, mustard, bottle gourd, pumpkin and okra. The farmer-to-farmer diffusion of improved variety of wheat was found to be 32 times of the total area originally covered by seed quantity disseminated through post offices. The cost sharing and capacity building of farmers and post office personnel were the other innovative interventions to make the linkages more successful. Based on the experiences and lessons learnt, future action plans have been suggested.Keywords
Collaborative Activities, Farm Technology, Post Offices, Variety Dissemination.- Can farm mechanization enhance small farmers’ income? Lessons from Lower Shivalik Hills of the Indian Himalayan Region
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1 Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi 110 012, India
1 Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi 110 012, India
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Current Science, Vol 123, No 5 (2022), Pagination: 667-676Abstract
Indian agriculture being fraught with fragmented land holdings, the economic viability of farm mechanization has forever remained a debatable issue. Here we determine the socio-agro-economic impact of seed-cum-fertilizer drill and zero tillage through different methods with ex-ante and ex-post approaches. Results depict that labour costs had reduced by almost 80% and seed usage by 20%. The seed-cum-fertilizer drill and zero tillage adopter saved Rs 3764.10 and 4047.54 respectively, from 1 ha. The machinery also increased the yield of HD 2967 wheat variety by 13.39 and 6.0 q/ha, and decreased seed rate by 27.71 and 24.20 kg/ha respectively, as evident from the results of the SUR model. The growth of the farm machinery sector is hindered by machine cost, resource-poor farmers and inaccessibility of agricultural technology. A few suggestions on the critical aspects are made here based on the application of technology in different states of India to implement suitable policies for the economic benefit of farmersKeywords
Efficacy measure, farm mechanization, labour cost, socio-agro-economic impact, synchronous bootstrap-ping.References
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