Extent of Transfer of Crop Production Technologies in Dry land Farming

Researches have indicated that not more than 20–22 per cent of modern scientific technologies have been adopted by the farming community due to one or the other reasons. The level of extent of transfer of crop production technologies in rapeseed and mustard was medium with 66 per cent followed by high (28%) and low (6%). In case of gram, the extent of transfer of crop production technologies was low with 53 per cent followed by 47 per cent of farmers with medium level of extent of transfer. However, the level of extent of transfer in bajra production technologies was medium with 51 per cent of farmer followed by high (29%) and low (21%) level of extent of transfer. Most of the dryland farmers were having lack of information/knowledge about recommended high yielding varieties, seed treatment, bio-fertilizer application, integrated pest management, integrated weed management and chemical plant protection measures; therefore, they should be educated by the extension personnel of state Department of Agriculture and State Agricultural University by organizing the training programmes and conducting demonstrations on the recommended dryland farming crop production technologies.