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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) Special Issue-6: 2807-2811 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7692 Special Issue-6 pp. 2807-2811 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article Assessing the Mechanics of Technology Application and Adoption of Tribal Farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India Parvez Rajan*, N. K. Khare and Sonam Agrawal Department of Extn. Edu., JNKVV, Jabalpur, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Krishi Vigyan Kendra is an innovative science based institution which conducts On Farm Testing for technology assessment and refinement; undertakes vocational training of farmers, farm women and rural youths; and Frontline demonstrations to promptly demonstrate the latest agricultural technologies to the farmers as well as the extension K e yw or ds workers. KVKs function by the collaborative participation of scientists, subject matter experts, extension workers, farmers, input dealers, traders, etc. The present study was Adoption, Beneficiaries, undertaken to assess the adoption level of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of KVK Non - working in the tribal district of Madhya Pradesh. The study was conducted with 300 tribal beneficiaries, farmers randomly selected in 12 villages of Mandla, Dindori and Shahdol district, which Tribal farmers were results showed that, tribal farmers were of comparatively high attitude towards technological demonstration, high knowledge about KVK’s activities, high perception towards scientific agriculture, medium market orientation, high scientific orientation, high aspiration level, medium use of information sources and high training exposure. The adoption level of tribal farmers was high. Introduction Krishi Vigyan Kendra under ICAR has been XI ATARI, out of which 6 KVK’s are assigned responsibilities of catering the working in tribal districts. These KVK’s are needs of farming community by adopting primarily focused on dissemination of area-specific strategies and technologies. location specific technologies access to The mandated activities of KVK’s is information for upliftment and assessment, refinement and demonstrating empowerment of tribals. the technologies for location specific farming situations, organizing On and off Training programme for the tribal people campus trainings, front line demonstrations, should be designed based on their felt needs farm advisory services, production of seeds, they are struggling with. Training needs of and providing planting material. There are the tribal people refers to one's need for 680 Krishi Vigyan Kendra in India and 11 gaining knowledge and skills on different Zonal Project Directorate working under aspects and successful adoption of these administrative control of Indian Council of activities. Effective training program Agriculture Research. In Madhya Pradesh designed for the tribal people for better state 47 KVK’s are functioning under zone livelihood will go a long way in their 2807 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) Special Issue-6: 2807-2811 required daily expenditure. Hence, it is They have somewhat made progress in necessary to have a complete understanding social and religious reformation but of the needs of the tribal people before economically they are very much backward launching aforementioned training as compared to other societies (Ruram, programme. An effective extension 2002). So keeping the view, the study has programme might be a tool to train and been conducted to assess the mechanics of educate its client system. Agricultural technology application and adoption of extension services, NGOs' and other tribal farmers in Madhya Pradesh. development agencies, therefore, need to develop a suitable mechanism for imparting Methodology knowledge and skills to the tribal people on various aspects. Through effective training, The study was carried out in three district of tribal people are more likely to acquire up- Madhya Pradesh in 2013-14 i.e. Mandla to-date knowledge on improved practices Dindori and Shahdol. As these districts and refresh their existing knowledge. As a comes under tribal districts of MP. The result, the tribal people will favourably be Mandla district comprises of seven blocks disposed towards adoption of various out of which two blocks were selected and agricultural technologies. (Rokonuzzaman, from each selected block two adopted 2013). villages of KVK’s were selected i.e., Prempur, Bhavarda, Silwara, Madanpur. The The state Madhya Pradesh has four agro- Dindori district also comprises of seven climatic zones, and thus, has the most blocks out of which two blocks were interesting mix of ethnic groups and tribes, selected and from each selected block two castes and communities, including the adopted villages of KVK’s were selected indigenous tribals and relatively more recent i.e., Rusamal, Nariya, Bilasar, Chaura. The migrants from other states. It has a Shahdol district comprises of five blocks out significant tribal population, which of which two blocks were selected and from constitutes more than one-fifth of its total each selected block two adopted villages of population and 40 percent of India’s total KVK’s were selected i.e., Sindu chunia, tribal population. In absolute numbers, Kalyanpur, Shahpur, Kudeli. A Madhya Pradesh is home to the largest comprehensive list of tribal farmers of each number of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in India selected village was prepared with the help and is often called the tribal state of India. of KVK’s of each district. 75 equal numbers of beneficiaries and 25 equal numbers of There are 46 recognized STs, three of which non-beneficiaries from each district was are identified as Special Primitive Tribal selected randomly, thus the total 300 tribal Groups. Goand, Bhil, Baiga, Korku, Bharia, farmers was the sample size of the study. Halba, Koal, Pardhan, Dhula, Bhoomia and Agaria are the main tribes found in Madhya The following statistics was used to assess Pradesh. Bahu Lamsena, Jadoo-Tona, Jhada- the adoption of tribal farmers regarding Phooki and Alcoholism are co-tradition of selected technologies given by KVKs. their life. Badadev is the main god of tribes. The tribal population is largely concentrated t- test in and around the forest area of Madhya Pradesh. They have maintained their cultural Student’s t-test was used for testing the peculiarity and individuality over the years. significant differences of mean scores of 2808 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) Special Issue-6: 2807-2811 various categories of the respondents. The t- scientific agriculture majority 53.33% of value was worked out by using the beneficiaries had high perception. In case of following statistics: market orientation majority 36.88 % of beneficiaries had high market orientation |x 1 x 2 | and 77.77 % of beneficiaries had high scientific orientation. It is evident from the t= S2 1+ 1 data that about 67.56 % of beneficiaries had high aspiration level. In case of use of n 1 n 2 information sources the majority of beneficiaries 80.00 % had medium use of information sources. In case of training Correlation coefficient ‘r’ exposure the majority of beneficiaries 64.45% had high training exposure. Pearson’s product moment correlation (r) was used to assess the Correlation between While in case of non-beneficiaries, the study two variables with the help of formula. revealed that the majority of non- beneficiaries 58.60 % had medium attitude xy- (x) (y) towards technological demonstration. In case of participation 57.33% had low r = N participation in KVK activities and 48.00% had medium knowledge about KVK x 2 -(x)2 y 2 - (y)2 activities. Perception of non-beneficiaries towards scientific agriculture majority N N 56.00% of non-beneficiaries had medium perception. In case of market orientation Chi-Square majority 45.00 % of non-beneficiaries had low market orientation and 49.33 % of non- Test to determine whether two attributes are beneficiaries had medium scientific independent by comparison of observed orientation. It is evident from the data that frequencies related to expected frequencies. about 54.66 % of non-beneficiaries had low aspiration level. In case of use of Formula: information sources the majority of non- beneficiaries 53.34 % had low use of (Oi - information sources. In case of training X2= ∑ With d.f. = (r-1) (c - 1) exposure the majority of non-beneficiaries Ei)2 52.00% had low training exposure. Results and Discussion The data in the Table 1 indicates that out of the total beneficiaries, highest percentage The study revealed that the majority of i.e. 52.88 per cent was found in high beneficiaries 69.33 % had high attitude adoption category, followed by 29.34 per towards technological demonstration. In cent in medium and 17.78 per cent in low case of participation 47.11% had medium adoption categories. While in case of non- participation in KVK activities and 77.78% beneficiaries 53.33 per cent had low had high knowledge about KVK activities. adoption, whereas 26.67 per cent medium Perception of beneficiaries towards and 20.00 per cent had high adoption. 2809 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) Special Issue-6: 2807-2811 Table.1 Percentage distribution and statistical parameters of tribal farmers according to their adoption level S. No. Categories Beneficiaries Non-Beneficiaries Total 1. Low (14 - 23) 40 (17.78) 40 (53.33) 80 (26.66) 2. Medium (24 32) 66 (29.34) 20 (26.67) 86 (28.67) 3. High (33 - 42) 119 (52.88) 15 (20.00) 134 (44.67) Total 225 75 300 Mean 32.31 22.98 S.D. 6.61 6.23 t =10.73** ** Significant at 0.01