Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Prajakta Takte, Dr. Jyoti Deshmukh and Rutuja Pendam

Abstract:
The goals of the current study, "Constraints in Adoption of Dryland Farming Technologies," were to examine the psychological, socioeconomic, and personal traits of dryland farmers as well as the obstacles they experience in implementing new technology. The majority of dryland farmers were primary educated (39.17%) and middle-aged (60.00%). Their family size was medium (65.83%), their annual income was medium (75.83%), their land holding was small (45.83%), cropping pattern was medium (63.33%), Social participation was medium (63.33%), their use of information sources was moderate (52.50%), their extension contact were medium (45.00%), their risk orientation was medium (60.00%), innovativeness was medium (65.00) and their knowledge of dryland farming technologies was medium (65.00%), and their adoption of these technologies was moderate (71.67%). The major constraints reported by dryland farmers were high labour cost and their shortage, high input cost, lack of information about antitranspirants, biofertilizer seed treatment, drought resistant varieties.