Impact of interventions on knowledge and adoption of improved technologies in Ber cultivation in western Rajasthan
Keywords:
Adoption, Ber, knowledge, technology dissemination, time & method of pruningAbstract
Barmer district of Rajasthan has the potential of growing Ber in an area of more than 450 ha under open/tube well irrigation system and rainfed. The farmers were lacking in technical knowhow about improved technologies in Ber cultivation. The present study was conducted during 2017 to ascertain the knowledge gain and adoption level of thirteen specific technologies demonstrated through various interventions by the KVK during earlier years. Barmer, Chohtan, Baytoo, Balotra, and Gudamalani blocks of Barmer District were taken for study and the respondents were randomly selected at the rate of 20 beneficiary farmers per block. The data were collected through personal contacts (interview) with well-designed questionnaire. The data revealed that the gain in knowledge was more than 50 per cent for technologies viz., time and method of pruning in (training & pruning) of ber (72%), use of micronutrient (68%), plant protection techniques (spray of insecticide to manage fruit fly), time of planting (65%), method of manure and fertilizer application (58%), drip irrigation (54%) and recommended dose of fertilizer (51%). Similarly, time and method of pruning, plant protection techniques and recommended dose of fertilizer recorded the highest extent of adoption, 63, 56 and 19 per cent, respectively. This could be due to the easiness and effectiveness of technologies in field application and yield enhancement. Though the acquisition of knowledge for the technologies like value addition (58%), Use of micronutrient (68%) and drip irrigation (62 %), was high, the number of farmers adopting these technologies were very low i.e. 31,25 and 13 percent respectively due to the various reasons.
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