Role of extension services on the farm productivity of district Swat (A case study of two villages)
2007
Ahmad, S. (NWFP Agricultural Univ., Peshawar (Pakistan). Inst. of Development Studies) | Jamal, M. (NWFP Agricultural Univ., Peshawar (Pakistan). Inst. of Development Studies) | Ikramullah, A. (NWFP Agricultural Univ., Peshawar (Pakistan). Inst. of Development Studies) | Himayathullah
Present study was conducted in district Swat to study the role of extension services on the farm productivity. Hundred respondents, fifty from each of the two villages were selected. The respondents were interviewed about their education, tenurial status, farm size, area and production of crop impact of extension services, adoption of improved farm technology and their general problems. It was found that 57 % respondents were literate. 71% were owner operators, 10 % were owner cum tenant and 19 % respondents were tenants. 42 % respondents were having small farms (below 10 acres), 26 were medium (10.1-15 acres) and 32 had large land holdings (15 and acres above). 87 % of the sample farmers were getting agricultural information from extension department, radio/TV (53%), NGO's (60%), other farmers (74%) and landlords (8%). 51% of the respondents reported that extension staff visited them once in a month, 34 % said that extension worker comes after two months. 15 % farmers stated that they didn't see any extension agent at all. The extension effect on rice output was found to be 61 %, onion 47 % and tomato 37 %. The extension effect on the productivity of peach and plum was not visible. The major problems faced by the sample farmers were lack of credit facilities, improper marketing, pests and diseases, lack of fertilizer and irrigation. This need due consideration by the Govt. Merely transfer of recent advances in crop production technology will not result in increased crop yield unless farmers have an easy access to inputs and credit.
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