Socio-economic reasons for non-adoption of crop diversification

In Punjab State rice-wheat cropping system created serious issues related to agriculture, such as decline in water table, deterioration of soil health, loss of biodiversity, emergence and outbreak of new insect pest etc. Keeping these facts in mind, the present study was conducted with the objective to study the opinion of farmers about socio-economic reasons for non-adoption of crop diversification. The study comprises of farmer as respondent who were adopting or not adopting crop diversification. Total 252 respondents, out of which 72 were adopter and 180 were non-adopter comprised the sample of the study from 12 villagers of 3 randomly selected district from each regions of Punjab. The data were collected through personal interview method with the help of structured interview schedule. The findings highlighted that major socio-economic reasons faced by non-adopters were lack of marketing facility (92.77%), lack of minimum sport price in case of other crop (96.11%), youth is getting away from agriculture (74.74%) etc. which hinder the adoption of crop diversification.