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G. ASHOK KUMAR, V. SAILAJA*, P.V. SATYAGOPAL AND S.V. PRASAD
Department of Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
Rice is an important staple food crop for the Asian region and India is center of origin with a wide variability. As rice alone consumes 63% of the total irrigated area in Tamil Nadu state, necessitated the need for developing the alternative methods of its cultivation to reduce the stress on this dwindling natural resource. SRI (System of Rice Intensification) is a suitable alternative method of cultivating rice which not only reduces water usage and external inputs like fertilizers but also has a better yield potential. In spite of many concerted efforts since 2000, by Dr. Thiyagarajan of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Department of Agriculture, and NGOs, the spread of SRI with in Tamil Nadu was relatively slow. The results of the study revealed that, majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group (56.67%) having middle school level of education (25.00%) with medium farming experience (64.00%). Majority of the respondents had undergone trainings (56.67%), had medium level of economic orientation (72.50%), risk orientation (75.00%), scientific orientation (64.00%), management orientation (65.83%), innovativeness (59.17%) and achievement motivation (65.00%).
Profile characteristics, SRI technology, SRI farmers