Factors affecting and farmers’ perception of the adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies in semi-arid states in India
Mohan, Geetha, Mishra, Ranjeeta, Fukushi, Kensuke, Rimba, Andi B., Avtar, Ram, Lakshmi, N.P., Chapagain,Saroj and I.M. Sudarma, "Factors affecting and farmers’ perception of the adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies in semi-arid states in India" Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing, the XIV Annual Conference of Knowledge Forum on 'Technology and Employment', Madras, 2019/10/11-13.
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Sub-type Conference paper Author Mohan, Geetha
Mishra, Ranjeeta
Fukushi, Kensuke
Rimba, Andi B.
Avtar, Ram
Lakshmi, N.P.
Chapagain,Saroj
I.M. SudarmaTitle Factors affecting and farmers’ perception of the adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies in semi-arid states in India Publication Date 2019-10 Place of Publication Madras Publisher Indian Institute of Technology Madras Pages 143, CXLIII Title of Event Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing, the XIV Annual Conference of Knowledge Forum on 'Technology and Employment' Date of Event 2019/10/11-13 Place of Event Madras Language eng Abstract Water deficiency poses a severe threat to food security, and it creates an uncertainty that has to be overwhelmed in the process of socio-economic development of India. Therefore, it is needed to adopt water-saving irrigation technologies to avoid water scarcity in the future. This study explores the determinants influencing the adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies including drip and sprinklers is estimated using a probit model and data from India Human Development Survey-II, 2011-12, a selected sample of 2912 households in semiarid states of India. The results exhibit that the factors of farmers' income, size of landholding, Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and education were statistically significant and positive impact with the adoption of drip and sprinkler irrigation technologies. Besides, the outcomes indicate that the efficiency of water use is considerably higher under these water-saving technologies would benefit to reducing the cost of cultivation for large farmers, improving productivity of crops and as well as the socio-economic conditions of the farmers compare with non-adoption farmers. Lastly, the study concludes that these water-saving irrigation technologies must be expanded to other regions to elucidate the advantages of these irrigation technologies through proper extension services, so that they can be get higher crop productivity using limited resources of water and also economically benefit. Copyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2019 Copyright type Creative commons -
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