Farmers’ Challenges in Adopting Soil Health Card Recommendations in Saharsa, Bihar

Indian Journal of Extension Education Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.48165/ijee.2023.59431

Deepak Kumar Patel, Avinash Kumar, Shripati Dwivedi

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The study was aimed to identify the constraints associated with the adoption of soil health cards recommended by Mandan Bharti Agriculture College (MBAC), Agwanpur in Sattarkataiya block, Saharsa district, Bihar during 2017-2021. Two villages named Barahsher and Puroshottampur Purikh were selected based on the maximum card holders. 100 respondents from each village with Soil Health Card (SHC) were selected. A pretested and well-structured interview schedule was used to collect data, tabulate, and analyze the results. Major constraints faced by farmers were inadequate follow-up by extension agency (71%); soil samples not taken from each farmer’s field (59%), not getting SHC reports in time (57%), and not using of the recommended dose of fertilizers as per SHC recommendation (49%). While major suggestions that came out to tackle the mentioned constraints were that SHC should be issued prior to crop season (70%), Soil sampling laboratory should be established at Block level with highly qualified staff (61%), farmers should be trained to take soil samples (63%). and soil sampling should be based on hands on training of farmers (59%).

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比哈尔邦撒哈拉农民在采用土壤健康卡建议时面临的挑战

该研究旨在确定2017-2021年期间采用比哈尔邦萨哈尔萨区Sattarkataiya区的Agwanpur Mandan Bharti农业学院(MBAC)推荐的土壤健康卡相关的限制。两个名为Barahsher和Puroshottampur Purikh的村庄是根据最多的持卡人选择的。从每个持有土壤健康卡的村庄中选出100名回答者。一个预先测试和结构良好的面试时间表被用来收集数据，制表和分析结果。农民面临的主要制约因素是推广机构跟进不足(71%);未从每个农民的田地采集土壤样本(59%)，未及时获得SHC报告(57%)，未按照SHC建议使用推荐剂量的肥料(49%)。针对上述限制提出的主要建议是:在作物季节之前发放土壤样本(70%)，在小区一级建立土壤取样实验室，配备高素质的工作人员(61%)，对农民进行土壤取样培训(63%)。土壤取样应该建立在农民亲身培训的基础上(59%)。

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Indian Journal of Extension Education

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