National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A study on Perception of farmers about farm pounds constructed under Krishi Bhagya Yojane was conducted in Raichur district of north Karnataka. All the five taluks of Raichur district namely, Sindanoor, Manvi, Devadurga, Raichur and Lingasoor were selected for the study. One hundred and twenty respondents were selected with simple random sampling procedure as representative of each and every taluk. The findings of the study revealed that, the majority (71.67 %) of the farmers had perceived that, Krishi Bhagya Yojane Scheme was very good scheme for dry land farmers. Majority of farmers (72.50 and 71.67%) perceived that, “More depth is required” and “Sizes are appropriate for dry land farming”, respectively. While, 28.33 and 13.33 per cent of farmers perceived that, “Size is not sufficient to store required amount of water” and “Farm pond occupies large area, not suitable for marginal farmers”, respectively. Farm ponds are suitable for sprinkler and drip irrigation was the perception of 84.17 per cent of farmers and only 15.83 per cent of farmers had perception that flood irrigation can also be done. Majority of farmers (76.67%) perceived that farm ponds constructed under Krishi Bhagya Yojane suitable to all kind of soils as they providing polythene sheets for red soil farmers.
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