Adoption of recommended mango cultivation technology by mango growers.
Mahadik R. P., Mehta P. G., Patil V. G.
Author Affiliation: Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dr. B. S. K. K. V., Dapoli, India.
Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21 : 314-315
Abstract : An experiment was conducted during 2003 in Maharashtra, India, to know the extent of adoption of recommended mango cultivation technologies by the mango growers and to understand the constraints faced by the mango growers in adopting recommended mango cultivation technologies. The adoption level of mango growers was categorized into three groups, namely full adoption, partial adoption and no adoption. A large majority (85.45%) of mango growers had 'medium' extent of adoption of recommended mango cultivation technologies, while only 12.73 and 1.82% had 'high' and 'low' extent of adoption, respectively. Approximately 58.18 to 77.27% of the mango growers did not adopt the various recommended mango cultivation technologies. Only 11.00 to 20.00% of the farmers had full adoption, while 10.00 to 26.00% of the farmers had partial adoption of the recommended cultivation technologies. 'Lack of technical information about plant protection measures' (70.91%) was the major constraint, followed by 'high wage rates of labourers' (63.64%), 'lack of skilled labourers' (60.00%) and 'high cost of pesticides and fungicides' (59.09%) in adoption of recommended mango cultivation technologies. 'Lack of finance at the time of specific operation' (35.45%), 'lack of irrigation facilities' (20.00%) and 'costly equipments' (19.09%) were the other constraints faced by the mango growers.