Impact of Machine Transplanting in Rice Cultivation in Cauvery Delta Region, Tamil Nadu

摘要

In Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Trichy, Ariyalur and Cuddalore are the Delta districts covered under Cauvery Delta Zone, in which Government of Tamil Nadu has implemented the Kuruvai Package for the farmers to boost up the production in Kuruvai cultivation during 2015. Thiruvarur district consists of 10 blocks, namely, Needamanagalam, Valangaiman, Kodavasal, Nannilam, Thiruvarur, Kottur, Mannarkudi, Koradachery, Thiruthuraipoondi and Muthupettai. Except Thiruthuraipoondi and Muthupettai blocks, remaining eight blocks has been covered under Kuruvai Package 2015. Based on the number beneficiaries of the program in each block, proportionate random sampling procedure was followed to select sample of respondents. In Thiruvarur district, the Govt, of Tamil Nadu has implemented the Kuruvai Package 2015.