Economic gain through adoption of drip irrigation system in mango orchard.
Desai C. P., Patel M. R., Patel A. A., Trivedi J. C.
Author Affiliation: Directorate of Extension Education, Gujarat Agricultural University, Ahmedabad, India.
Gujarat Agricultural University Research Journal 25 : 46-52
Abstract : The present study was carried out in six talukas of Junagadh district in Gujarat, India to ascertain the extent of economic gain accrued by the mango orchard growers as a result of adoption of drip irrigation system (DIS). The data collected from the same respondents by arranging personal interview with randomly selected 175 mango orchard growers of the twenty four selected villages with the help of interview schedule. The results of the research revealed that majority (71.43%) of the respondents had accrued medium level of overall economic gain of DIS. It is also reflected from the study that majority of the respondents had benefited by saving of water, weed control expenses and labour for irrigation and intercropping operations. A little more than one-fourth of the respondents availed the benefit in respect of fertilizers economy. In addition to this, the respondents got the benefits of better yields, better fruit size, early maturity of fruits and higher market price of the produce under DIS. Moreover, it is also stated that respondents education, farm power, credit orientation, economic motivation, innovativeness, risk preference, scientific orientation, attitude towards DIS, knowledge level about DIS, satisfaction with DIS, contact with extension agencies and utilization of information sources had positive and significant relationship with their extent of economic gain reaped through adoption of DIS.