A Study on Awareness and Adoption Level of Farmers’ about Millet Production in Haryana, India

Abstract

Despite growing awareness and efforts to promote millet cultivation, the millet remains underutilized due to limited specific awareness and adoption about millets Hence there is a need to promote research, improve market access, and create awareness about the benefits and efforts of millet production. The aim of the study is to evaluate the farmer’s awareness level about millet production, assess the farmer’s adoption level of millet production and find out the constraints encountered by farmers in millet production. The investigation was carried out in the districts of Hisar and Mahendergarh in Haryana, India. Four villages were chosen randomly and a random sampling technique was employed to choose 30 farmers from each of the selected villages. The statistical tools such as the mean, frequency, percentage, and rank order, were used for analysis of the data. The data pertaining to socio-personal attributes indicated that 52.50 per cent of respondents belong to the middle age group followed by old age group and young age group. Majority of farmers have adopted pearl millet/guar/green gram-mustard crop rotation followed by cotton-wheat, guar-wheat and pearl millet/guar/green gram-wheat crop rotations. The findings concluded that farmers possess a moderate level of awareness about millet production, with a significant percentage of respondents being familiar with different types of millets, associated challenges and benefits of improved varieties.