Arvind Saxena, D.S. Tomar and Aparna Jaiswal
Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture, Ganjbasoda J.N.K.V.V ritupamika@gmail.com
Abstract : Impact study of cluster approach through KVK on soybean production was conducted in Ujjain block of Uijain district of Madhya Pradesh, where the TOT programmes were operational in 2009. The results ofthe study revealed that knowledge level of eight practices of soybean productton namely; seed treatment, land preparation, seed inoculation, planting geometry, weeding, plant protection, recommended dose offertilizer and harvesting were improved by 100 per cent through the training programme of the centre whereas four practices namely,’ selection ofvariety, use ofmicro-nutrient (S&N), ridge & furrow system of solving and marketing showed signijkant improvement .The study further revealed that soybean production namely” summer ploughing, germination test, seed treatment, weeding(post emergence and hand weeding), application of RDF, Use of sulphur and Zn, market survey done before soyabean growing and use ofshort duration variety were 100 per cent adopted. . On the other hand, although remaining four practices namely; method of sowing, soil testing, weeding(preemergence), scheduling of insecticides could not achieved upto 100 per cent The impact of trainings was highly significant in terms ofincreased yield. This means that training and demonstrations on different cultivation practices viz; selection of variety. seed treatment, seed inoculation, plant geometry, weeding, use ofmicro-nutrients, scheduling of insecticides and marketing has helped the farmers to improve the additional yield at the rate of8.50 qtlha. The constraints as perceived by the respondents that affected the adoption of improved soybean technology in the farmer’s field were identified. Unavailability of quality seed was the major problem of adopting soybean technology followed by problem of labours availability, imbalanced use of fertilizers and indiscrimination use ofinsecticides. It was concluded that KVK played main role for increase the adoption ofappropriate suitable technologies for soybean production.
Keywords : Soyabean, Production, Germination, Seed treatment
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