SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY OF DOCUMENTED INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGIES IN PULSE CULTIVATION

B. POONGUZALI¹, R. VELUSAMY²*, J. PUSHPA^3
1Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : veluswamy.r@tnau.ac.in

Received : 25-06-2019     Accepted : 12-07-2019     Published : 15-07-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 13       Pages : 8702 - 8705
Int J Agr Sci 11.13 (2019):8702-8705

Keywords : Indigenous technologies, Documentation, Scientific rationality and pulse cultivation
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India. Authors are also thankful to pulse scientist, extension functionaries of State Department of Agriculture of Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Tiruvarur districts of Tamil Nadu.
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Indigenous technologies are the techniques or method of cultivation practices followed by farmers from generation to generation and also it gets some modification based on the environmental situations. Pulses are cultivated both in irrigated and rainfed conditions in Tamil Nadu. Farmers are adopting number of local indigenous techniques in pulse cultivation. The study was conducted among 300 pulse farmers in major pulse growing districts of Tamil Nadu. Sixty six indigenous technologies were documented in pulse cultivation and the scientific reason for each indigenous technology was collected. This study concluded that among the 66 indigenous technologies identified, 55 technologies are found to be rational and 11 indigenous technologies are found to be irrational.

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