Working of commodity specialized extension approach followed by sugar mills in Faisalabad, Pakistan
2005
Butt, T.M. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Extension) | Mahmood, K. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Extension) | Muhammad, S.
Agriculture sector not only fulfill the human food and animal feed requirements of the country but also provides raw material to its agro-based industry. In the foreign trade, it is agriculture, which dominates through exports of raw commodities like rice, cotton and fruits; semi processed and processed products like cotton yarn, cloth, carpets and leather products. To improve agricultural production through effective dissemination of agricultural technology, various extension approaches have been tried from time to time including commodity specialized approach. Data were collected through 120 respondents randomly selected from 10 villages of Chak Jhumra tehsil of Faisalabad. Data were collected with the help of pre-tested interview schedule. The results showed that a large majority (85.0 & 88.3%) of the respondents planted sugarcane during spring and autumn seasons on an area up to 5 acres. One plough with rotavator or disc plough was kno wn to 100.0% of the respondents and it was adopted by 96.7% of them. CP-77-400 and COJ-84 were known to 85.0 and 75.0% of the respondents and in same sequence were adopted by 71.7 and 43.3% of the respondents respectively.
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