Madras Agricultural Journal
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PROFILE AND ADOPTION OF LOW COST TECHNOLOGIES BY PADDY GROWERS

Abstract

A study was conducted with a simple of 100 farmers selected randomly from Trichy district. The socio-economic profile of the respondents and their extent of adoption of the selected low Cost Technologies (LCTs) in paddy were studied. The results indicated that majority of the respondents belonged to medium level of socio-economic profile and the LCT such as application of zinc sulphate, split application of nitrogenous fertilizers. application of DAP to nursery, weeding at critical stages and use of optimum seed rate were adopted by majority of the respondents.

Keywords: Paddy, Low Cost Technologies, Farmers' profile, Adoption

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