Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Adoption of saline soils management practices by the farmers
Author(s): Shivananda P Yarazari, Devegowda SR, Rohit Shelar and Sachin VR
Abstract: The study was an “expost-facto†research carried out in Belagavi district of Karnataka State during the year 2017- 18. In Belagavi district, three taluks were selected based on the highest area under salinity. The total sample size was 150. The results revealed that large majority (80.00 %) of farmers have adopted surface drainage followed by growing salt tolerant crops (69.33 %). The overall adoption of saline soils management practices by the farmers showed that 42.67 per cent of the respondents were belonged to medium level of adoption of saline soils management practices followed by low (36.00 %) and high (21.33 %). The probable reasons might be that adoption of saline soils management practices requires precise and full knowledge and utmost care. Majority of the farmers have completed primary school education, high farming experience, medium extension contact and mass media exposure. All these factors might have influenced the adoption of saline soils management practices. Hence, there is an immediate need to improve the adoption behavior of farmers by developing a strategy for the supply of inputs on cost effective basis, if not on subsidized rates.
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Shivananda P Yarazari, Devegowda SR, Rohit Shelar, Sachin VR. Adoption of saline soils management practices by the farmers. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):1433-1435.
