Adoption of Improved Package of Practices of Soyabean Crop and Its Constraint Faced by Soyabean Growers

Abstract

The broad bed and furrow system has been mainly developed at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India.The scientist and farmers are concerned with the low productivity of Soybean under present agro-situations, keeping the aforementioned perspectives in mind and realizing the importance of broad bed furrow technology for soyabean crops in dissemination of technology. The study was carried out to know the effect of demonstration conducted at different locations on the production and profitability of the farmers. The field experiments were conducted at the farmer’s fields in the operational village of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sangvi (Rly) Yavatmal-II district of Maharashtra. The selection of 50 respondents was randomly drawn from villages a cluster of five villages namely Dhulapur, Lohi, Tarnoli, Chikhali in Darwha tehsil and Karkheda, in Ner tehsil of Yavatmal. Thus, an attempt was made to examine the adoption of broad bed furrow technology in accordance with all the 21 recommended agronomic practicesin order to obtain important conclusions and suggestion for extension experts and soybean growers to update farmers technical knowledge. The majority of soybean growers (60%) had low level of overall adoption of the recommended practices. Under broad bed furrow technology, soybean growers are advised to implement 21 agronomic practices. Of these, 52% fully adopt the improved soybean varieties, 56% use recommended seed rate, 76% use herbicides to control weeds, and 50% of soybean growers partially adopt the improved package of practices to control insects and diseases. The majority of soybean grower encounter obstacles such as the unavailability of BBF machine (96 %) and skill labours (56%), as well as challenges while utilizing BBF technology (92%). Only 50 per cent of large size holding soyabean grower use BBF technology and 44 per cent of those with higher family income have access to it. It was concluded that improved package of practices of soybean cultivation was found superior in comparison with conventional seed drill.