Extent of Adoption of Recommended Sugarcane Cultivation Practices and Constraints Faced by the Farmers of Bhadra Command Area, Karnataka

摘要

The study was conducted in Davanagere district of Karnataka, during the year 2001-2002. The study revealed that cent per cent of the respondents adopted the use of weedicide and 80 per cent used the recommended seed rate and recommended sowing time. Nearly 50 per cent of the respondents adopted COC-671 and CO-7804 variety and use of Azotobacter, bio fertilizer as per recommendation. Among the various constraints expressed in the adoption of sugarcane cultivation are, high cost of fertilizer, delay inrelease of loan by the banks, high rate of interest, delay in transport of harvested cane from field by the factory. Hence timely and adequate supply of inputs like, fertilizers, chemicals, irrigation facilities at resonable prices play a key role in the adoption of. improved practices.