study on scientific rationality of indigenous technologies followed by pulse growers

Abstract

newlineThe research entitled A Study on Scientific Rationality of Indigenous newlineTechnologies followed by Pulse Growers was aimed at bringing out the newlinecharacteristics of the pulse farmers, the indigenous technologies followed by them newlinealong with the rationality of practices. It also aims at analyzing the attitude, newlineconstrains and advantages of the pulse farmers towards the practice of indigenous newlinetechnologies. newlineThe study was conducted in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Pudukottai districts. In newlineeach district five blocks having highest area and production of pulses crop were newlineselected. Ten pulse farmers were selected from the each selected villages by using newlinesimple random sampling technique and a total of 300 respondents was selected for newlinethe study. Thirteen independent variables viz., age, educational status, occupational newlinestatus, area under pulses cultivation, farming experience in pulse cultivation, newlinecropping pattern, experience in indigenous technical knowledge, social participation, newlineinnovativeness and rational orientation were considered in this study. Attitude newlinetowards indigenous knowledge, Knowledge level of indigenous technical knowledge newlineand Adoption level of indigenous knowledge were the three dependent variables. newlineThe salient findings of the study were detailed below: newlineMajority of the farmers belonged to young age with primary school newlineeducation. Farming along with dairy was identified as the predominant occupation for newlinemany of the pulse growing farmers. Most of the pulse growers were small farmers newlinewith 2.5 -5.0 acres and majority of them were following Paddy- Pulses- Paddy newlinecropping pattern. Three fifth of the farmers had medium level of experience in pulse newlinecultivation and nearly three fifth had medium level of farming experience in newlineindigenous practices in pulse cultivation. newlineMajority of the farmers had medium level of social participation and risk newlineorientation with most of them having low to medium level of innovativeness. newlineEconomic motivation was found to be high among majority of the growers whereas newlinemajority had low level