A Study on Perception and Utilization of Services of Rythu Bharosa Kendra’s (RBKs) by the Farmers in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India
K. Raghavendra Chowdary *
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kalikiri, Chittoor District (A.P.) - 517234, India.
M. K. Jyotsna
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kalikiri, Chittoor District (A.P.) - 517234, India.
. Srisailam
Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, India.
I. Jyothi
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kalikiri, Chittoor District (A.P.) - 517234, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study was conducted during the year 2021-22 by following Ex-Post-Facto research design with objective of studying the perception and utilization of services of RBKs among the farmers of western blocks of Chittoor district, India. The foremost constraint expressed by farmers were dearth of timely sourcing of quality inputs and services it might be due to meager performance of RBK in the study area/quite few number of farmers aware of the activities carried out by the RBK. Very few (<5%) of the farmers have perception and utilization towards organic certification, availing organic inputs like neem cake, vermicompost, neem oil, natural farming products, IPM kits, biofertilizers and bio-fungicides the plausible reason might be that implementation of Farmer Field School programme for creating awareness about the scientific methods of agricultural production and to achieve higher agricultural income at lower cost on cluster basis by RBKs and provision of IPM kits and organic inputs to those cluster farmers might have resulted in lesser perception and utilization.
Keywords: Biofertilizers, biofungicides, agriculture, Rythu Bharosa Kendra’s