Studing the Farmers’ Response towards Technology Interventions Under Assessment and Refinement

Farmer's response towards technology assessmat & refinment was sutdied in five villages of Ranchi District in Jharkhand. Result revealed that all the intervened technologies assessed by the farmers were found to be agro-climatically more suitable, more profitable and more compatible contributing to their overall appropriateness in comparison to the corresponding farmers’ practices. Overall reaction of the respondents on intervened technologies was found to be positive in terms of selected attributes i.e. socio-cultural compatibility, compatibility with existing farming system components, divisibility of technology, simplicity, compatibility with internal resources of the households, element of risk involved and visibility except their easy availability in the local markets. Majority of the farmers felt difficulties in accepting the recommended technologies as such in respect of most of the intervened technologies and preferred the refined technologies which were suitable in their agro-ecological situation and socio-economic condition.