Adoption Behavior among Farmers of Tamil Nadu towards District Agro-meteorology Unit (DAMU) Agro Advisory Services in Agriculture and Allied Sectors

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dc.contributor.authorA., Kanimolzhien_US
dc.contributor.authorHanif, Noorjehan A. K. A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorN., Sriramen_US
dc.contributor.authorK., Sathyamoorthy N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorR., Gangai Selvien_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T07:30:53Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T07:30:53Z
dc.date.issued2023-10
dc.description.abstractAn ex post facto research was undertaken during 2022 to assess farmers' adoption of District Agro-Meteorology Unit (DAMU) Agro Advisory Services (AAS) in Cuddalore, Ramnad, and Aruppukottai districts of Tamil Nadu with sample size of 180. Data was collected using a standardized questionnaire. DAMU offers specialized weather information to support local agricultural activities. The study revealed that 70 per cent of farmers fall into the "Medium" adoption category adopting weather-based timing for planting, harvesting, and irrigation. The respondents fully adopt the practice of scheduling sowing time using weather-based farm advisories (77.78%), 62.22 per cent adopt the practice of scheduling harvesting operations, illustrating a substantial majority using this approach to enhance efficiency and yield during crop harvesting and 56.67 per cent fully adopt the practice of scheduling supplementary irrigation. The farmers attributes viz., education status, annual income, extension agency contact, extension participation, mass media participation, information seeking behaviour, knowledge level and perception had shown a positive and significant correlation with the dependent variable adoption of DAMU services at one per cent level of significance. The study revealed that traits like media engagement, scientific thinking and information seeking are closely tied to DAMU AAS adoption, along with extension involvement, knowledge, and perception, contributing to a notable 68.30% variance in adoption.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsTamil Nadu Agricultural University, ICAR-KVK, Vridhachalam, Cuddalore-606 001, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDirectorate of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAgro Climatic Research Center, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore- 641 003, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Physical Sciences and Information Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore- 641 003, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationA. Kanimolzhi, Hanif Noorjehan A. K. A., N. Sriram, K. Sathyamoorthy N., R. Gangai Selvi. Adoption Behavior among Farmers of Tamil Nadu towards District Agro-meteorology Unit (DAMU) Agro Advisory Services in Agriculture and Allied Sectors . International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 2023 Oct; 13(10): 1817-1824en_US
dc.identifier.issn2581-8627
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/229882
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMs. M. B. Mondalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber10en_US
dc.relation.volume13en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102837en_US
dc.subjectDistrict agro-meteorology uniten_US
dc.subjectweather forecastsen_US
dc.subjectagro advisoriesen_US
dc.subjectadoptionen_US
dc.subjectfarmersen_US
dc.titleAdoption Behavior among Farmers of Tamil Nadu towards District Agro-meteorology Unit (DAMU) Agro Advisory Services in Agriculture and Allied Sectorsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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