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Type : Research Article

An Assessment of Technological Gap in Adoption of Recommended Maize Cultivation Practices in Assam

Maitrayee Dutta, Pabitra Kumar Das, Indrajit Barman, Pallabi Bora

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Introduction: Maize is a widely grown commercial crop that provides raw materials to numerous agro-based businesses. In comparison to other grains, maize is less expensive, easier to process. For this study, Sonitpur district was chosen for its association with a Farmers Producer Company specializing in commercial maize cultivation, known as Nameri Valley Agro Producer Company Limited. Producer Company means a commercial body having objects or condition specified in section 581B and registered as Producer Company under this Act. Context: There’s a need to encourage our growers to produce advanced-quality goods, with better technology, finance, inputs, and requests. With a popular provision of Rs 6865 crore, the Government of India has started a new Central Sector Scheme named" conformation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organisations (FPOs)" with the thing of forming and promoting 10,000 new FPOs throughout the nation. Objectives: The study was conducted in Sonitpur of Assam with an objective to assess the extent of technological gap in relinquishment of recommended maize civilization practices by the shareholders. Methods: From an aggregate of 122 shareholders, a sample of 80 shareholders was selected as respondents of the study by following a Random Sampling Technique. The data were collected with the help of a pre tested schedule by interview system. Results & Discussion: The maximum average technological gap was set up in insect pest control practices (75.00). A total of thirty-five per cent of the respondents had full gap in operation of phosphatic fertilizer application. None of the respondents had full gap in recommended seed rate practices of Maize civilization.

Keyword: Technological gap, Adoption, Maize,

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