Abstract:
This study identifies the drivers and barriers in the adoption of Appropriate
Technology in agriculture sector in Gujarat using farm level data. Thereupon, it
examines the significance of appropriate technologies in farming activities. It
shows that application of technologies has different usages such as ploughing,
seeding, weeding, field preparation of seed planting, fertilizer application, multipurpose tool seed cum fertilizer drill, manual seed transplanter, and water
conservation. Most farmers have also reported several benefits of technologies
such as saving water, reduce human efforts, effective to prepare land for seed
planting, increase in germination of seed, reduce cost of cultivation, increase in
crop yield, increase in soil quality and fertility, increase the minimum use of
water and fertilizer, better marketing and reduce negative impact of various
activities on ecosystem and reduce waste materials in cultivation. It infers that
64.17%, 89.17% and 63.33% farmers are familiar with economic, social and
environmental viability of appropriate technologies respectively. Empirical
results imply that technology cost, arable land, cropping intensity, irrigated area,
use of fertilizer and agricultural labour, annual income of farmers and use of
appropriate technologies in cultivation are seemed crucial drivers for
agricultural production. It is also observed that farmers do not have significant
contribution in entrepreneurship activities. Thus, it is suggested that government
organizations need to make a policy and programmes to promote participation of
farmers in entrepreneurial activities.
Description:
Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini
