Comparative study on improved production technology (IPT) and conventional method (CM) for productivity and profitability of farmers of Nichabanadhi sub basin of Tamil Nadu, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paramasivan ◽  
A. Selvarani ◽  
B. J. Pandian
Keyword(s):  
Conventional Method ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Traditional Farming ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Agriculture Modernization ◽  
Production Technologies

Farming systems play a key role in maintaining the sustainability, productivity as well as provide better income in the farming community. The present study was carried out in Sankarankovil, Vasudevanallur and Kuruvikulam blocks of Tirunelveli district during 2007-08 to 2010-11 under Tamil Nadu – Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water Bodies Restoration and Management (TN-IAMWARM). These blocks are come under Nichabanadhi sub basin. The field demonstrations were carried out in 875 ha in these three blocks for various crop components <italic>viz</italic>, paddy, maize, sunflower, cotton, sugarcane and pulses. A total of 569 farmers were selected for field demonstration in improved production technologies (IPT) and conventional method (CM) for various crops viz., paddy, sugarcane, maize, sunflower, cotton and pulses. The results revealed that performance of all crops was better in IPT than CM. The average productivity and income of different crops were significantly higher under IPT as compared to CM. The IPT also gave higher net return and benefit:cost ratio to the farmers as compared to traditional farming. The overall result revealed that the improved production technology with different crops is an adoptable good approach for sustainable production and income generation of the farmers of Tamil Nadu.

Response of Improved Production Technologies (IPT) on productivity and economics of black gram (Vigna mungo l.) in Nichabanadhi sub-basin of Tamil Nadu

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paramasivan ◽  
A. Selvarani
Keyword(s):  
Conventional Method ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Black Gram ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Yield Attributes ◽  
Agriculture Modernization ◽  
Production Technologies ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Additional Income

One hundred and twenty eight (128) on-farm demonstrations on Improved Production Technology (IPT) for black gram were carried out in eighty (80) hectares of farmer’s fields in Sankarankovil, Vasudevanallur and Kuruvikulam blocks of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu from 2010-11 to 2012-13 under Tamil Nadu – Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water Bodies Restoration and Management (TN-IAMWARM) project. Two methods viz., Improved Production Technologies (IPT) and Conventional Method (CM) were compared. The results revealed that the adoption of Improved Production Technologies IPT) favorably influenced yield attributes and yield of black gram. The maximum seed yield (1,053 kg ha-1) obtained from IPT which was higher than conventional method (720 kg ha-1). The best net income ( 25,650) and benefit:cost (2.60) were also associated with IPT than conventional method of black gram cultivation. The additional income of 11,762 ha-1 was obtained from IPT over Conventional Method of black gram cultivation.

scholarly journals Impact on Knowledge of Blackgram Growers in Periyar Vaigai Command Area of Madurai District

2021 ◽  
pp. 616-620
Author(s):  
K. Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Cultural Control ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Command Area ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Agriculture Modernization ◽  
Management Project

The World Bank Supported TN IAM (Irrigated Agriculture Modernization) Project is a follow up of IAMWARM presently it was called as (Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water-Bodies Restoration and Management) Project which has made significant development and impacts in the Tamil Nadu state by modernizing irrigation infrastructure, improving water use efficiency, enhancing yield and productivity of agriculture in a climate resilient production systems, diversification towards high-value crops, strengthening the institutional reforms through Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) and Water Users Association (WUA). Madurai District of Tamil Nadu was purposively selected for this study because Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project was conducted under Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.  The foremost objective of the study is to assess the knowledge level of respondents in the study area. According to crop production technology aspects revealed that (79.00%) of the beneficiaries possessed knowledge in using VBN 6 variety for cultivation. The study concluded that majority (80.00%) of the beneficiaries were possessed knowledge on (cultural control) fixation of light traps, crop rotation (77.50%) and sowing carry out in proper season.

scholarly journals Influence of Stone Crusher Units’ Dust Pollution on Agriculture in Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
V Marichamy ◽  
S Ganesan ◽  
R Kalirajan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽  
Dust Pollution ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Proximate Source ◽  
Surrounding Areas

In this process, many industries are polluting the air and environment. One among them is the stone crushing industry. Air polluting industries are a proximate source of major damage to farming systems in adjacent areas, thus disrupting the main source of livelihoods of many small and marginal farmers. Scientific study shows that polluted air from industrial and urban areas usually consists of a mixture of pollutants, which can adversely affect agriculture in many complex ways. Air pollutants that are most damaging to agriculture are sulphur dioxide and the oxides of nitrogen, which are categorized as acid pollutants. Agriculture yields depend upon many factors like weather, soil fertility, irrigation, pesticides, and the like. Other things remaining the same, air pollution, particularly dust pollution, causes a significant fall in crop yields, and in turn, agriculture income reduces. Hence a modest attempt has been made here to study the influence of dust pollution by stone crushing units in the surrounding areas of Virudhunagar District. The results of the Factor Analysis show that the spread of dust from stone crushing units has affected the fertility of the soil, led to a reduction in the area of cultivation, and has a negative impact on cattle breathing and ultimatelyaffected the income levels of the farming community.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF TRAINING ON THE AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE ON IMPROVED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN RED GRAM AMONG FARMERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 808-811
Author(s):  
K.P. Vanetha ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Middle School Education ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Farm Production ◽  
Production Technologies

The training of farmers is a critical input for the rapid transfer of agricultural technologies. The present rate of agricultural production can be doubled if the available technologies are brought to bear with the production process and programmes focusing more and more on transferring our new technologies away from the confines of laboratories and research institutions to the farmers and make them more result and work oriented. In this context, training plays an important role to the farming community in boosting their farm production. Training for the farmer proved to be a significant input in accelerating our farm production. The present study was undertaken in the three blocks of the Madurai District of Tamil Nadu , 120 farmers were selected for the study. These farmers were trained at KVK in different aspects of Red gram production technologies. A knowledge test was developed to ascertain the knowledge of farmers on various aspects of Red gram cultivation technologies. The result exhibits that majority of the respondents were in middle age group, had middle school education, The findings of the study revealed that very few farmers were aware of the new technologies like redgram transplanting, after attending training programme they have got awareness on seed treatment with biofertilizer, weed management, water management techniques (74.00%), respectively and there was an increase in knowledge gain by the farmers after attending the training programme.

scholarly journals Analysis on Adoption of Blackgram Growers in Periyar vaigai Command Area of Madurai District

2021 ◽  
pp. 153-157
Author(s):  
K. Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Command Area ◽  
Adoption Rate ◽  
Agriculture Modernization ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
High Level ◽  
Adoption Level

The IAM Project will bring the policy and institutional development achieved under IAMWARM project to a new level and will serve as the key vehicle for implementing the Tamil Nadu Government agenda in further enhancing water and agriculture productivity in a sub basin framework. Madurai District of Tamil Nadu was purposively selected for this study because Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project was conducted under Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The foremost objective of the study was to assess the adoption level of respondents in study area. Majority of the TN-IAMP beneficiaries (81.70% had medium level of adoption followed by nearly less than one-sixth of the total beneficiaries (15.80%) possess low adoption and only 2.5% of the beneficiaries had high level of adoption rate in this study.

scholarly journals Technological Needs of Farm Women in Varied Farming Systems of Tamil Nadu.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 662-665
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Farm Women ◽  
Small Farm ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
High Level

Technological base for improving productivity and income of the rural population in the field of agriculture has broadened with the success of Green revolution. As a result of this research and transfer of technology programmes, the national production has increased over time in the decades, thus balancing the population growth and food production of our country. There is a serious and valid criticism that the modern technologies served only male farmers and not the resource poor small farm women who account for nearly 89.00 per cent of the women farmers. It has now been realised that participation of all sections of the farming community in particular the farm women, can be brought by developing appropriate technologies, keeping other issues of stability, sustainability, equity and productivity. The study was taken up in three districts of Tamil Nadu viz., Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and Perambalur districts comprising of maximum area under three different farming systems viz., wet land, garden land and dry land respectively. The respondent of 60 small farm women was selected from each of the selected farming systems by using proportionate random sampling technique. The technological needs of small farm women in farm operations were measured with the help of a specially constructed schedule, which was prepared by discussing with experts. The collected data were tabulated and analysed using statistical tools viz., percentage analysis, mean and analysis of variance. The majority of the farm women expressed high level of technological need in dairy farming, goat rearing and poultry farming with the overall mean score (2.752, 2.554 and 2.516) respectively

Knowledge Management System Among Onion Farmers Using Ict In Perambalur District Of Tamil Nadu

GIS Business ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1147-1155
Author(s):  
J.Nithya Jayaseeli ◽  
T. Devi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Knowledge Management System ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Production Form

The purpose of this study is to examine how Knowledge level augmented parameters impact on the effective adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) by onion farmers in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu. Data were gathered from a focus group made up of 60 Farmers in Perambalur district. The paper finds that a willingness of indigenous ICT users is particularly influenced by the recognition and incorporation of visible social imperatives during the adoption process. Research limitations/implications – The outcome of this study highlights important issues for ICT adoption. One particular area that must be taken into consideration is the adoption channel. Perceptions of ICT adoption will differ significantly among adopters. For this reason, the need for developing an appropriate adoption channel that ensures successful diffusion of the innovation should be recognized. The paper also demonstrates that Knowledge Management System among farmers using ICT to yield more profit in onion Production form knowledge distributed by the experts. Hence the research work carried out to acquire, represent, and distribute the knowledge Management system to the Farming community.

Economic Impact of Sugarcane Variety CO-86032 on Farmers Economy in Maharashtra

2020 ◽  
pp. 354-359
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Sugar Recovery ◽  
Sugarcane Variety ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Productivity Improvement ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
The Government

The area under sugarcane in Maharashtra state was found to be more stable and consistent rather than production and productivity. It may be due to the F & RP of sugarcane. In the year 1996, MPKV, Rahuri released a promising variety of sugarcane viz., Co-86032 which is very famous in farming community due to its hardiness, sugar recovery (percent) and resistance to the extreme rainfall as well as deficit rainfall. The total economic worthiness of university released sugarcane variety Co-86032(production technology) over other competing varieties of sugarcane in the Maharashtra was `51449.14per ha. The sugarcane growers in Maharashtra state earned net economic benefit of `11059.40 crores from improved sugarcane variety Co-86032. Therefore, it is suggested that the Government should allocate substantial funds to public research in sugarcane for productivity improvement.

scholarly journals Community seed network in an era of climate change: dynamics of maize diversity in Yucatán, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Fenzi ◽  
Paul Rogé ◽  
Angel Cruz-Estrada ◽  
John Tuxill ◽  
Devra Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Seed Systems ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Maize Diversity ◽  
Climatic Period ◽  
Small Holder Farmers

AbstractLocal seed systems remain the fundamental source of seeds for many crops in developing countries. Climate resilience for small holder farmers continues to depend largely on locally available seeds of traditional crop varieties. High rainfall events can have as significant an impact on crop production as increased temperatures and drought. This article analyzes the dynamics of maize diversity over 3 years in a farming community of Yucatán state, Mexico, where elevated levels of precipitation forced farmers in 2012 to reduce maize diversity in their plots. We study how farmers maintained their agroecosystem resilience through seed networks, examining the drivers influencing maize diversity and seed provisioning in the year preceding and following the 2012 climatic disturbance (2011–2013). We found that, under these challenging circumstances, farmers focused their efforts on their most reliable landraces, disregarding hybrids. We show that farmers were able to recover and restore the diversity usually cultivated in the community in the year following the critical climate event. The maize dynamic assessed in this study demonstrates the importance of community level conservation of crop diversity. Understanding farmer management strategies of agrobiodiversity, especially during a challenging climatic period, is necessary to promote a more tailored response to climate change in traditional farming systems.

scholarly journals Yam: a neglected and underutilized crop in Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
MVBM Siqueira
Keyword(s):  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Traditional Farming ◽  
Local Varieties ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Brazil Current ◽  
Underutilized Crop ◽  
Dioscorea Species ◽  
Colonization Period ◽  
Traditional Communities

In Brazil current studies and investments on yams are incipient. Similarly, the literature in recent decades lacks adequate information on this group of plants. The existing literature, on its turn, requires more than ever to be revised and organized. Yams have joined the so-called "neglected" group of crops for several reasons, but particularly because they are associated with poor and traditional communities. Many vegetables introduced in Brazil during the colonization period have adapted to different cropping systems, yams being an excellent example. This diversity resulted very widespread, yet poorly recognized in the country. In turn, the gardens using traditional farming systems continue to maintain and enhance yam local varieties. Studies from other countries, with an emphasis on characterization and genetic breeding, brought to light an urgent need for Brazil to invest in yams as a food rich in carbohydrates, even to the point of alterations in food public policy. Reversal of the yam's current stigma is both a challenge to the scientific community and to the population as a whole. This paper aims to raise pertinent questions about Dioscorea species, an important key group for many communities in tropical countries, yet still unrecognized as so in Brazil.

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