Farmer Perceptions, Behaviour, Investment Needs and Policy Changes for the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Souvik Ghosh11, Aditya Karn2, Darshan N.P.1 1Department of Agricultural Extension, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal 2Department of Extension Education, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar *Corresponding author, Email: souvik.ghosh@visva-bharati.ac.in
Online published on 22 March, 2022. Abstract The green revolution has transformed India from a food deficit to a food surplus country. The overexploitation of natural resources along with climate change has posed a greater challenge for agriculture than ever before. In the context of sustainability of natural resources and increasing farmer’s income, conservation agriculture (CA) practice has been emphasised. CA has been advocated primarily for the rainfed areas although in India, it has largely been applied in irrigated areas, mostly in the Indo- Gangetic plains (IGP). Though the outcomes of CA are not realized in its initial years, but can be highly promising and profitable in the long run. This paper is an attempt to reveal farmers’ perceptions about CA, adoption issues of CA and puts forth a few suggestions that maybe considered during policy formulation for enhancing the adoption of CA. Top Keywords Conservation agriculture, farmers’ perceptions, adoption, policy formulation. Top |