FACTOR AFFECTING ADOPTION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN VINDHYAN REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH

PANNA LAL¹, P.S. BADAL², SANTOSH KUMAR³*
¹Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh
²Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh
³ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : santosh.ageco@gmail.com

Received : 28-12-2017     Accepted : 09-01-2017     Published : 30-01-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 2       Pages : 4999 - 5001
Int J Agr Sci 10.2 (2018):4999-5001

Keywords : Natural resources, sustainability, water conservation, production, stability
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : This study forms the part Ph.D. Thesis submitted to Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Varanasi by first author. The technical support provided by the co-authors
Author Contribution : Santosh Kumar- Critical revision of the article, final approval of the version to be published

This study explores of the Vindhyan region of the Uttar Pradesh was selected as it is highly prone to degradation of natural resources. Out of three districts namely Sonebhadra, Mirzapur and Varanasi which come under Vindhyan region, Mirzapur district was randomly selected as a representative district of the region. The farmer’s decision to adopt soil water conservation was analyzed with the help of Tobit Model. The Tobit model was estimated using the maximum likelihood procedure and only the most important explanatory variables were included in the model. The adoption of soil and water conservation shows that age (0.1760), family size (0.3639), farm size (0.9931), Source of Information about Market Information (0.1188), extension visit (.9031), training in natural resource management (0.903) and land tenure (0.3416) were significant. In Narayanpur block the level of diversification was higher in case of soil and water conservation adopters (0.33) as compared to non-adopters (0.25). Similar trend was observed in case of Pahari Block. Further production stability was also found higher in case of adopters of soil and water conservation measures as compared to non adopters in both the blocks.

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