Analysis of Reasons behind Partial Adoption of Recommended Practices at Scientific Fish Farming in South Tripura: Farmers’ Perception

Partial adoption of recommended fish farming technologies was observed in selected adopted villages of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), South Tripura during April, 2011 to March, 2015. Eight group meetings were organized in eight adopted villages (covering 80 farmers) to identify the reasons behind partial adoption of scientific fish farming. After summarising the reasons, they were ranked to understand the level of relative importance of it in farmer's perception. Total 122 farmers from were interviewed using structured questionnaire. Rank Based Quotient (RBQ) was used to rank the reasons based upon the level of impediment to constraint the adoption process as per farmer's perception. Analysis showed that nonavailability of financial support (rank 1), low-cost feed (rank 2) and quality fish seed (rank 3) are main for partial adoption of recommended practices. The lesser important reasons were non-consideration of fish farming as primary occupation (rank 4), difficulty in soil and water quality testing (rank 5), non-availability of pond specific technology (rank 6) and poor accessibility to extension services (rank 7). Based upon the analysis, probable strategies have been discussed to overcome the constraints behind successful adoption of scientific fish farming in South Tripura district under the intervention of KVK, South Tripura.