Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
IM Tamboli, JM Deshmukh and BL Pisure

Abstract:
The present study was conducted mainly with the objective to study “Constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of soil and water conservation practices by farmers in watershed development project area” for the study Beed district was selected randomly. Multistage random sampling technique was used for selecting one watershed area, villages and respondents. The study was conducted at Bindusara watershed area in Beed district of Marathwada region (M.S.) randomly. From five selected villages, 20 farmers from each village were selected randomly to comprise a sample of 100 respondents for the study. It was noticed from study that majority of the respondents were adopted soil and water conservation practices like preparation of small ridges across the slope, graded bunds, tillage practices parallel to contour line on area having uneven slope, intercropping like Cotton + Green gram/Black gram/Soybean (1:1), Jowar + Pigeon pea (4:2), Soybean + Pigeon pea (4:2), Bajra + Pigeon pea (3:3), Rabi Jowar + Safflower (6:3),vegetative bunds of Subabhul, staggered contour trenches, ridges & furrows at distance of 50-60cm, farm pond, Jowar, Bajra, Green gram, Black gram, Soybean (After 4-6 lines) and farm pond. It is concluded that the most of the farmers reported the cost was the main constraint followed by more time required, lack of skill, non availability of timely and adequate technical guidance, unavailability of inputs material/labour, difficulty in cultivation, lack of guidance by extension person, difficulty in maintenance and lack of information about practices, respectively.