Central Rice Research Institute Annual report...2011-12

Socio-economic Research for Sustainable Development
Developing entrepreneurial modules of
selected CRRI technologies for training
potential entrepreneurs-a process study
A five week duration Trainer’s Training Module for
entrepreneurship development on CRRI Rice Technology
(TED-CRiT) on commercial (50 acre), medium (7.5
acre) and small (0.5 acre) rice-fish integrated farming
systems models was developed which contained sub
modules such as entrepreneurial motivation, general
management, finance management, production management,
labour management, marketing management
and business plan. Each sub modules contained ELC
based sessions. A detailed lesson plan was developed
for each session which was further refined and finalized.
The business plans were based on the data validated
during the last year. The total costs of these
projects were Rs.38.8 lacs, Rs.22.6 lacs and Rs.1.26 lacs,
respectively while the total working capital requirements
were Rs. 10.5 lacs, Rs. 3.5 lacs and Rs. 0.85 lacs,
respectively. The training module on integrated ricefish
farming was refined and tested with a group of 15
farmers and farmwomen. The Trainer’s Training Module
for entrepreneurship development on CRRI Rice
Technology (TED-CRiT) can be utilized by various extension
agencies to disseminate the CRRI technology.
Simulation of adoption of rice production
technology
In order to simulate adoption of rice production technology,
Pooja rice variety was selected as technology
and data was collected
from 81 respondents of
Arada village of Cuttack
district. CRRI/KVK staff
(74.1%), fellow farmers
(17.3%) and extension
workers (8.6%) were the
main sources of information
regarding Pooja
while, the mass media
exposure of the majority
of respondents (82.7%)
was low. Similarly,
about 46.9% of respondents
had no exposure to
technology demonstration.
However, more than
88.9% of respondents
had good to excellent
perception of technological
characteristics of Pooja and 59% of respondents belonged
to middle and high income group.
Various linear and non-linear models were fitted to
the above data set to obtain mathematical models for
different segments of simulation programme including
mathematical relationship between adoption and independent
variables. Both logit and probit models were
tested with the data for its suitability and probit model
was found to be more suitable for developing simulation
model. The simulation model developed based on
the data analyzed using SPSS and probit model was
refined to suit the real life data. The 1:1 plot of simulation
adoption quotients and real world adoption quotients
showed that maximum observations fell in the
5% zone. The simulated distribution and observed distribution
was statistically tested using Kolmogorov-
Sminrov two-sample test. The result was non-significance
showing that there was no difference between
simulated and observed distributions (Table 48 & Fig.
31).
The model shows that the perception about the technological
characteristics has a greater role in adoption
of the technology besides the income level. This model
can be used by the researchers and extension workers
to experiment further and see the effect of the increasing
the number of demonstration and using other medium
of information and predict the rate of adoption.
Fig. 31. Cumulative graph of observed and simulated adoption of Pooja
CRRI ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12
95