Technological Gap in Adoption of Dr. PDKV recommended Dry Land Technology

The present study was undertaken in the selected village of Akola district of Maharashtra state. An exploratory design of social research was used. Findings revealed that almost equal percent of the respondents were middle and old aged having middle and high school education. Majority of them belonged to small and semi-medium category of land holding and more than two- third respondents had up to Rs. 50,000/- annual income. The practice wise knowledge possessed by respondents about Dr. PDKV recommended dry land technology indicate that majority of the respondents were having knowledge of the dry land technologies such as frequent hoeing during dry spell, intercropping of cotton with mung (1:1), cotton with udid, double cropping of safflower after mung and contour sowing of crops. Most of the respondents were found in the medium category of knowledge level. The practice wise adoption of Dr. PDKV recommended dry land technology by the respondents revealed that most of the respondents adopted the frequent hoeing during dry spell, intercropping of cotton with mung (1:1) and opening of furrow after every two rows at 30 days after sowing. Most of the respondents were found in low category of adoption level. The majority of the respondents were found in medium technology adoption gap about Dr. PDKV recommended dry land technology.