Impact of watershed programme practices of production and productivity of paddy on adoption level of farmers

The study conducted in Dharwad district of Karnataka during 2007–08 on adoption level of farmers about individual watershed programme practices and impact of the programme on production and productivity of paddy in project area revealed that a majority (58.00%) of the respondents belonged to medium adoption level category with mean adoption score of 13.78. There was increase in the number of respondents with respect to adoption of soil and water conservation practices like contour bunds (55.34%), water ways (44.00%), strengthening of existing bunds (42.67%) and ploughing across the slope (29.33%) due to the programme. The average production and productivity obtained by the respondents from Kharif season increased by 25.00 and 27.77 per cent, respectively, over production and productivity of base year.