International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (1689) Last page : (1694)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.3056
Factors Determining the Use of Soil Health Card (SHC) Recommendations in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh
Raghavendra Chowdary, K1*., Ravi Kumar Theodore2, N. Anandarja3, R. Santhi4
1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati,
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad
2Professor (Agrl. Extension) Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Aduthurai – 612 101, Thanjavur District
*Corresponding Author E-mail: koduri.raghavendra@gmail.com
Received: 5.02.2017 | Revised: xx.xx.2017 | Accepted: xx.xx.2017
ABSTRACT
The study aimed to assess the factors that determined the adoption of Soil Health Card (SHC) recommendations under the Bhoochetana Project among farmers in Andhra Pradesh in two Mandals viz., Orvakal and Banaganapalli of Kurnool District. In the case of ‘period of adoption’, out of the 100 respondents studied, 47.0 per cent of them had followed the SHC recommendations all the five years of the implementation of the Bhoochetana project. The other respondents (53.0%) had followed the SHC recommendations for less than five years, and later discontinued. As far as ‘years of adoption’ was concerned, out of the total five years of adoption period (which is the maximum period), 47 respondents had followed the SHC recommendations for all the five years. This was followed by 9 respondents who had followed for four years, 21 respondents for three years, 14 respondents for two years, and finally 9 respondents for one year. With respect to ‘extent of adoption’, among adopters of SHC recommendations, cent per cent of the farmers had adopted the SHC recommendations as such without any deviation. As far as the factors that determined the use of SHC recommendations, to improve the soil health was the foremost factor (physical) expressed by 80.0 per cent of the respondents that determined the use of SHC recommendations, followed by good for crops and increasing yields (78.0%) under economic factors, extension functionaries of SDA (66.0%) under organizational factors, interest (61.0%) under psychological factors, past experience (55.0%) under personal factors, profitability (47.0%) under economic factors, and progressive farmer (45.0%) under social factors.
Key words: Psychological factors, SDA, SHC, Organic matter
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Cite this article: Chowdary, R.K., Theodore, R.K., Anandarja, N. and Santhi, R., Factors Determining the Use of Soil Health Card (SHC) Recommendations in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(6): 1689-1694 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.3056
