A study on the extent of adoption of crop management practices

The aim of the present study was to find out the level of adoption of eco-friendly technologies by the intensive-cultivation areafarmers. Aset of120 farmers who had been practicing intensive cultivationunder assured irrigation facilities were selected. The data were collected using a well-structured interview schedule. Farmers adopted all the regular agricultural practices but they did not adopt recommended scientific eco-friendly technologies due to lack of awareness and time constraint. Foremost constraint in adoption of eco-friendly practices experienced by them was limited availability of organic manure expressed by 89.50 per cent of the respondents. The study indicated that majority of the farmers had medium level of adoption of eco-friendly technologies. Farmers in the study area were in practice of indigenous and traditional eco-friendly practices which contributed to more medium level of adoption of management practices among majority of the respondents. Thus these technologies could be promoted by changing the attitude of farmers through extension activities.