ADOPTION DYNAMICS OF RECOMMENDED SUGARCANE TECHNOLOGIES IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA

T.B. DEOKATE¹*, A.V. GAVALI², B.K. MALI^3
1Junior Research Assistant, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidypeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar 413722, Maharashtra
²Field Officer I , Comprehensive Scheme Agricultural Economics, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidypeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar 413722, Maharashtra
³Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidypeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar 413722, Maharashtra
* Corresponding Author : drdeokatetai@gmail.com

Received : 15-09-2015     Accepted : 15-10-2015     Published : 01-12-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 11       Pages : 762 - 766
Int J Agr Sci 7.11 (2015):762-766

Keywords : Adoption, Sugarcane Technologies, Maharashtra
Academic Editor : Sovan Debnath, A. B. Gosavi, Anupam Das
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The low per hectare yield of crops may be attributed to non-adoption of recommended agricultural technologies by farmers, which might be the result of so many constraints. Considering the importance of sugarcane crop in the Maharashtra and its low per hectare yield, an empirical study was conducted in three main districts in western Maharashtra having major area under sugarcane cultivation; Satara, Pune and Kolhapur. The other reason to select above districts was due to their high sugar recovery level. Satara and Kolhapur districts come under high recovery zone whereas Pune comes under medium recovery zone in Maharashtra. The Primary data were collected from 250 sugarcane cultivators using random sampling technique. The awareness level of the respondents regarding recommended sugarcane production practices was very low and consequently the adoption of the recommendations was also very poor. However, in general, those who were aware of recommendations adopted the same, which implies that lack of information on the part of the farmers might be the major cause of non-adoption. The extension agency has to look into these constraints in order to strengthen the adoption process of technology for boosting sugarcane productivity