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supplied in the seed chain. In order to find appropriate substitution to the old variety Swarna, demonstrations were conducted to show the yield potential of Pooja, Satyakrishna and Swarna Sub-1. The average yield per hectare as found out were 5.55 t ha -1 , 4.37 t ha -1 and 5.30 t ha -1 for Pooja, Satyakrishna and Swarna Sub-1, respectively. The variety Swarna as reported from the adjacent local plots yielded less than the said varieties by 44%, 16.66%, and 16.67%, respectively. Evaluations made by farmers on the varieties revealed that the grains of Satyakrishna did not remain intact after milling which was a cause of concern for the farmers. The rubber sheller facility was not available for the farmers of the locality. Although Swarna Sub-1 is recommended for flash flood situations, its performance in the rainfed situation was taken up basing on the demand of the farmers. Farmers expressed their satisfaction on the performance of the variety due to its higher yield over Swarna and less susceptibility to pests and diseases. Assessment of effectiveness of KVK programmes on sustainable development of farmers A study was conducted in two KVK adopted villages i.e., Sanimula and Garada in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha to assess the impact of OFTs on rice in effecting changes in knowledge level of farmers. The study was taken up in a before-after experimental design with no control group. Efforts were made to ensure effective participation of farmers in the trials conducted by KVK, Jagatsinghpur. Out of farmers having participation in the OFTs, 30 respondents were selected randomly. The knowledge level of the respondents wasassessed on three major aspects viz, crop management, insect pest and disease management and weed management before and after the trials. The findings revealed that there were remarkable changes in knowledge level of farmers in all the three aspects due to their participation in the on-farm trials (Table 49). The pre-participation mean knowledge level increased from 26.5% to 86.1% indicating an overall gain of 59%. A tangible impact of the OFT was that the rice variety ‘Varshadhan’ – the technology tested in the OFT, was subsequently adopted by cent percent of the respondents. Gender Issues in Rice Farming Income generating opportunities for tribal and disadvantaged farmwomen through entrepreneurship development on rice-based farming system An action research on empowerment of tribal women engaged in rice-based farming activities was conducted in Balasore district of Odisha. One hundred twenty farmwomen from three villages were selected through random sampling. They were organized into twelve Self Help Groups consisting of 10 members in each group. Eight income generating activities in ricebased farming systems were selected for empowering women depending on the capacities and opportunities they had. Extension methods viz., group approach, training, demonstration and advisory services were organized for the group on the identified interventions. The results of major income generating activities taken up by the farmwomen revealed that most of the respondents had taken up ‘integration of other crops viz., oilseeds, pulses and vegetables after rice’ which ranked first. The other income generating activities taken up by the respondents in descending order were ‘preparation of different value added products from rice’‘fish farming along with other crops’, ‘kitchen gardening’, ‘livestock rearing’, ‘dal making’, ‘extraction of oil from available oilseeds’ and ‘mushroom cultivation’ (Table 50). An index to measure the extent of empowerment was developed by identifying nine relevant indicators viz., education, land ownership, ownership of other assets (other than land), control over income contributed by her to the family, control over the income of the Table 49. Distribution of respondents according to their mean knowledge level before and after participation in OFTs Pre-exposure Post-exposure Change in Areas mean knowledge mean knowledge mean knowledge Crop management(0-25 score) 7.0 (28.0) 22.5 (89.9) 15.5 (61.9) Insect pest & disease management(0-13 score) 3.0 (23.3) 10.7 (82.3) 7.6 (58.7) Weed management(0-12 score) 3.2 (26.9) 9.9 (82.2) 6.6 (55.3) Overall knowledge levels(0-50 score) 13.3 (26.5) 43.0 (86.1) 29.8 (59.5) (Figures in the parentheses indicate percentage) 98 CRRI ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12
Socio-economic Research for Sustainable Development Table 50. Major Income generating activities taken up by the respondents (N=120) Activities Frequency Rank Integration of other crops after rice i.e., pulses, oilseeds, vegetables 89 (74.16) I Livestock rearing 39 (32.5) V Fish farming along with other crops 56 (46.67) III Preparation of value added products from rice 79 (65.83) II Mushroom cultivation 2 (1.67) VIII Kitchen Gardening 52 (43.33) IV Dal Making 16 (13.33) VI Extraction of oil from available oil seeds 8 (6.67) VII Table 51. Extent of empowerment of farmwomen through Income generating activities Average Average empowerment empowerment Average gain in ‘t’ value Villages Inde x (before) Inde x (after) empowerment Harichandanpur 14.71 41.41 26.7 18.66** Sutanati 18.81 44.81 26.0 29.41** Kudia 16.11 40.21 24.1 26.66** Mean 16.54 42.14 25.6 39.14** family, savings, access to credit, social participation and cash income earned from income generating activities (Rs. Month 1 ) in consultation with experts. Based on the score obtained from these nine variables, extent of empowerment was calculated by computing the empowerment index in percentage. Gain in empowerment was calculated by finding the difference between empowerment index value before and after the project activities. The overall gain in empowerment was found to be 25.6 per cent which was mainly due to expansion of income generation activities (Table 51). Hence, capacity building programmes viz., training, demonstration and advisory services would enable them to increase income, reduce drudgery and enhance their status in the society. Transfer of Technology Demonstration of CRRI Rice Varieties During dry season 2011-12, an on-station demonstration of 26 CRRI rice varieties was conducted.The rice hybrid Ajay gave the highest yield of 7.8 t ha -1 , while Geetanjali gave the lowest yield of 3.8 t ha -1 . The varieties Rajalaxmi, Tapaswini MAS, Swarna MAS, Lalat MAS, Chandan yielded more than 6 tha -1 . During wet season 2011-12, out of 26 varieties demonstrated, rice hybrid Ajay gave the highest yield of 7.3 t ha -1 while Rajalaxmi gave the yield of 7.0 t ha -1 . Among the aromatic varieties Ketekijoha gave the highest yield of 4.4 t ha -1 followed by Geetanjali and Nua Chinikamini. Among the upland varieties Sahabhagidhan gave the highest yield of 5 t ha -1 followed by Virendra, Abhisek, Sadabahar, Hazaridhan and Kamesh. Among the medium and lowland rice variety Swarna sub-1 gave the highest yield of 6.3 t ha -1 . Gender issues in rice-based production system and refinement of selected technologies in women perspective An on-farm trial was conducted in Purbakachha village of Salipur block of Cuttack District to evaluate selected technologies with women perspective in rice based production system. Four treatments viz., Farmers practice, Planting by CRRI two rows manual rice transplanter with hand weeding, Planting by transplanter with mechanical weeding by finger weeder, Manual planting in rows with hand weeding were Two-rows CRRI manual rice transplantera drudgery reducing implement for women CRRI ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 99
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