Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Sneha N, Dr. Allan Thomas, Dr. Nishan MA and Dr. Brigit Joseph

Abstract:
Technology plays a vital role in developing farming industry and improving agribusiness. Technology adoption helps the farmers to apply scientific data and technology to advance crop yields and keep themselves informed with the cutting edge approaches of farming. This is exactly where the significance of finding the extent of adoption of technologies pronounces. The study entitled ‘Yield gap and technology adoption of rice in North Kerala: a multi-dimensional analysis’ which pertained 105 paddy farmers, with 15 each from Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram districts, was done during the period, 2020-2021. This research was conducted so as to determine the extent of adoption of chosen KAU production practices. After consulting the subject matter specialists, sixteen recommended practices in paddy cultivation were selected. When the overall technology adoption was assessed, it showed up that 51.42 per cent of farmers belonged to medium category of adoption, followed by 24.76 per cent with low adoption level and 23.80 per cent with high adoption level. In the case of technology adoption of plant production practices, 48.57 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium adopter category, 26.67 per cent were high adopters and 24.76 per cent were low adopters. Whereas, in the case of plant protection practices, low adopter category (40%) was higher than the medium adopter category (39.05%) followed by 20.95 per cent in the high adopter category.