Adoption behaviour of Farmers and Constraints towards Improved Sugarcane Cultivation Practices in Dimapur District of Nagaland

Abstract

Adoption of the improved technology is the ultimate aim for enhancing the production and income of the farming system. This study was conducted in Kuhuboto block of Dimapur district, Nagaland during the session 2021-22. Through proportionate random sampling procedure, a total number of 120 respondents from 4 villages were selected. The findings revealed that around 54.1 per cent of the respondents were middle aged group with a primary level education of 42.5 per cent had medium level annual income of 68.33 per cent and medium size land holding of 45.84 per cent. Majority of the respondents have a nuclear type of family having upto five members and semi-cemented type of house had medium (10-20) years of farming experience, use of sources of information, mass media exposure and level of extension contact. The findings also revealed that around 71.66 per cent of respondents are medium category adopters. In respect of correlation analysis between adoption level and the independent variables like age, occupation, annual income, farming experience and source of information are significantly associated with adoption of sugarcane growers. The major problems experienced by the respondents were lack of proper resources and capital, costly critical inputs, lack of proper market facilities, lack of credit facility at time, lack of technical knowledge, unavailability of seed at time, lack of knowledge about major insect- pest diseases & their control, lack of training program related with improved practices etc. Thus, the study suggests for immediate attention of the extension functionary for convincing the sugarcane growers which would result in the higher adoption and income.