Year: 2016 | Month: June | Volume 2 | Issue 1

Sources of Information and Perception of Farmers towards Soil Testing Techniques

Shalini Khajuria Vishal Raina and Bharat Bhushan
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Abstract:

Understanding what farmer needs to know and from whom they receive information during the course of cultivation is essential to ensuring quality production. Sources of farm information are the tool of communication web that holds a society together and it is a collection of small and relatively isolated agricultural communities. The information hungry farmers are approaching very many sources and channels for getting information on farm innovation. The success of an extension approach will depend on how it enhances the information flow along the agriculture value chain, and whether this is done sustainably and effectively. The right doses of chemical fertilizers application by the farmers in crops are very much essential to achieve maximum production and to earn maximum profit. Soil testing techniques helps the farmer’s for reasonable application of chemical fertilizers. The farmers will be able to know how much nutrients are already available in the soil and how much additional fertilizer nutrient will be arranged for a particular crop. The lion’s share of farmers had information about soil testing techniques. Majority of respondents were using the information gained from the personnel of State Department of Agriculture and the scientists working in Krishi Vigyan Kendra in the study area. Majority of farmers agreed with the statement “Soil testing is basic step for quality crop production ". The efforts should be made by State Department of Agriculture and KVK to encourage the farmers in acceptance of soil testing process by organizing training programmes and campaigns especially on soil testing techniques.

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