Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Ajit Kumar Mallik, Dr. Sagar Mondal and Dr. Aditya Kumar Malla

Abstract:
Rice is not everything in India, but everything in most parts of India starts and ends with rice, from birth to death. SRI uses 25-50 percent more labour than conventional rice cultivation methods in the initial stages. Once farmers master the techniques of SRI, labour requirements will be reduced by about 10 percent. It is more resistant to biotic and abiotic stress beside drought. In the present study, ex post facto research design has been followed. The study was carried out in 4 villages of Bargarh district. The villages were Turunga, Haldipali, Sayaan and Birmal of Bargarh block. Multi stage random sampling technique was followed to select the sample for the study. Total respondents were 100. The ecological constraints for adoption of SRI method were found to be minimal and among which inadequate rainfall and poor soil condition perceived high constraints by 35% and 13% respectively by the farmers. The major constraints of the farmers regarding government policies were lack of insurance and lack of subsidy which was notified as very high constraints by 28% and 22% farmers. For the constraints due to input supply the labour force problem is the highest i.e. 68% very high constraint. Others are fewer constraints. In the social constraints the farmers perceived that the hesitation of family members to adopt new technology and traditionally adopted practice are low constraints i.e. 98% and 83% respectively. Among organizational constraints lack of effective supervision by extension worker is perceived as very high constraint by 32% farmers.35% of the farmers were having very high constraints in lack of crop insurance in rice cultivation from the economic factors. In the technological factors, 40% and 28% farmers of the study area perceived that lack of soil testing facility and inadequate training to farmers are very high constraints. So the agriculture department of the district may take necessary measures for training of the SRI farmers regarding the above areas for more adoption and better management of SRI method of rice cultivation.