Technology Use Pattern and Constraint Analysis of Farmers in Jammu District of Jammu and Kashmir State of India

Technology developed in the research institutions is of no use unless and until it is made within the reach of the farming community. Often, it is seen that large farmers are first and last to be benefitted from the new technology in terms of adoption and consequent increase in net returns. The small and large farmers are still within the grip of the traditional methods with very little technological intervention. The present study was conducted in purposively selected blocks Ranbir Singh Pura and Bishnah of District Jammu to find out the technology use pattern and the constraints of the selected respondents. The results of the study revealed that more than seventy five per cent of the respondents were in the marginal and semi medium category having holdings up to 2 hectares. More than 90% of the respondents plough their land using tractors. While 86% of the respondents purchased seeds for sowing in case of Wheat, the corresponding per centage in Paddy was only eight. There was cent per cent use of herbicides in case of Wheat and Paddy. None of the farmers used herbicides in other crops like Bajra, Barseem and pulses. Urea was used by all the respondents in case of Wheat and Paddy whereas Diammonium Phosphate was used by ninety per cent of the farmers. Harvesting was done manually by the respondents except in case of Wheat where 25% of the respondents use combine harvester. Threshing was also done manually in all the crops except Paddy where the harvesting was done manually by all the respondents. The selected respondents face many constraints. The major ones being the low yields, non availability of fertilizers, lack of credit facilities, lack of institutional and market linkages, lack of procurement facilities and less selling price of the produce.