Status and Prospects of the Farmers Towards Different Methods of Paddy Cultivation in Punjab

The study was conducted in five agro-climatic zones of Punjab. From each zone one district was chosen at random (Faridkot, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Rupnagar) for constituted a sample of 150 respondents to study about status and prospects of farmers regarding different methods of paddy cultivation. From the study it was revealed that 26 per cent of the respondents got information regarding mechanical transplanting from their friends or society. In case of direct seeded rice, respondents got first information regarding this technology from state dept. of agriculture (30.00%). Seventy-eight per cent of the respondents had their own drill of direct seeding (in group as well as individual). It was found that conventional transplanting was practiced before 2017. Fifty per cent of the respondents adopted mechanical transplanting in 2021. In direct seeded rice, 40.00 per cent of respondents practiced on 383 acres area in 2021. Sixty-four per cent respondents wanted to continue mechanical transplanting on constant area followed by conventional transplanting (62.00%) and direct seeded rice (50.00%). Moreover, 24.00 per cent of the respondents did not want to continue use of conventional transplanting.