Adoption of Improved Paddy Cultivation Practices by Farmers in Kohima District of Nagaland

Abstract

The present study entitled “ADOPTION OF IMPROVED PADDY CULTIVATION BY 
FARMERS IN KOHIMA DISTRICT OF NAGALAND” was conducted in Kohima district of 
Nagaland to find out the extent of adoption of improved paddy cultivation practices One hundred 
twenty farmers were selected from 6 villages, twenty respondents from each village. Data was 
collected by using pre-tested schedule and analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. It was 
found that majority of respondents were having medium level of socio-economic profile. On 
analyzing the knowledge level, highest number of respondents i.e. 51.6 per cent were having 
medium level of knowledge followed by 45 per cent having high and 3.33 per cent having low 
levels. In case of adoption level it was found that most of the respondents 60.83 per cent have 
medium adoption level followed by 5 per cent having low, 34.16 per cent having high level. The 
major constraints faced were lack of technical knowledge among rice growers, lack of credit 
facility at the time, Lack of Hybrid seed, Lack of proper market facilities, Lack of training 
programme related with improved practices, Lack of proper information at, Unavailability of 
electricity, Lack of proper resource and capital, Non-performance of visit by agricultural 
personnel and Costly critical inputs (seed and fertilizer).