Vol. 11, Special Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Akash Kumar Maurya and Dr. Ramchandra

Abstract:
Agriculture is the mainstay sector of the country’s economy. Now a day’s various technologies, innovative ideas have ensured the development of agriculture. The farmers are not following the newer as well as innovative practices because of the lack of interest, lack of awareness and lack of training on the particular technology. Every agricultural Scientists try to reduce the farmer’s problem, even though lacks are there, to transfer the technology from the lab to land. Krishi Vigyan Kendra is India’s innovative institution to transfer the technology at the grass root level. The study was taken up in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 90 respondents were selected by using proportionate random sampling technique. Keeping in this view, the study was focused and finally, an attempt has been made to identify the constraints faced by the adopter and non adopter farmers in adopting the recommended practices. The specific objectives of this study are to delineate the constraints to adopter and non adopter farmers. Constraints were categorized under various components viz. general constraints, biophysical constraints, technological constraints, and other constraints. Among constraints related to adopter farmers poor productivity which has been awarded with 1^st rank and under constraints related to non-adopter farmers Lack of awareness of new technologies was the major problem expressed by the respondents.