Extent of Adoption of ANGRAU Technologies in Cotton Crop in Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in Kurnool and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh. Expost facto research design was followed for selecting 240 respondents by following simple random sampling procedure. The findings of the study revealed that cent per cent of the farmers had adopted seed rate followed by spacing (92.08%), pest management (87.08%), disease management (70.41%), weed management (53.33%), harvesting and water management practices (52.50%), nutrient management (32.50%), 15.83 per cent had adopted fertilizer management (15.83%) and minuscule (3.33%) had adopted recommended cotton varieties of ANGRAU. In overall level of extent of adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation more than half (60.00%) of the cotton farmers had medium adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation followed by high adoption (20.00%) and rest (20.00%) had low adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation.