TY - JOUR AU - Kumar, D Vignesh AU - Janaki Rani, A PY - 2019/03/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Adoption Behavior of Paddy Farmers on Soil Health Card Recommendations JF - Journal of Extension Education JA - JEE VL - 30 IS - 3 SE - Research Article DO - 10.26725/JEE.2018.3.30.6113-6118 UR - https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/357 SP - AB - <p><em>The study was conducted in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu to assess the adoption behavior of </em><em>paddy farmers on Soil Health Card (SHC) based recommendations. A total of 120 paddy farmers who were </em><em>the beneficiaries of SHC scheme were contacted to collect the data. A pre tested interview schedule was </em><em>used to collect the data. The results revealed that overall adoption on SHC recommendations found to </em><em>be medium (45.50%). With regard to straight fertilizers application before the introduction of SHC 40.80 </em><em>percent of the respondents had applied excess NPK fertilizers. After the introduction, the excess range has </em><em>been reduced up to 5.8 per cent and in the same way the deficient application was also rectified by 4.7 </em><em>per cent of the farmers. With regard to complex fertilizers 12.8 per cent of the respondents had followed </em><em>the exact recommendation of complex fertilizers. The adoption behavior of micronutrients showed that </em><em>29.50 per cent of respondents followed recommended dose of micronutrients after SHC scheme. About </em><em>6.00 per cent respondents had started to follow the correct dose of Bio fertilizers after the introduction </em><em>of SHC. Overall adoption level of the farmers was up to medium level and hence emphasis is needed to </em><em>inspire the farmers to adopt soil testing practices and soil fertility management.</em></p> ER -