Perception and Adoption of Soil Health Cards by Farmers in YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh

The present study was conducted to know the perception and adoption of soil health card recommendations through purposive sampling of 60 respondents selected from twelve divisions of the district. The data collected through interview schedule prepared for the purpose. The results showed that majority of respondents had medium level of perception (91.67%) and adoption (71.67%). The correlation Coefficients between independent variables, and dependent variables i.e., perception and adoption showed non-significant relationship. With regard to constraints in adoption, respondents expressed that crop not sown due to lack of rains, not able to understand the results given in soil health cards and lack of faith in the results presented in soil health cards were the major constraints.