Extent of Adoption of Rythu Bharosa Kendra’s Technologies and Services in Ananthapuram District of Andhra Pradesh
P. Anuhya *
Department of Agricultural Extension, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
N. K. Khare
Department of Agricultural Extension, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Kamini Bisht
Department of Agricultural Extension, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
S. B. Nahatkar
Department of Agri-Business Management, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Rythu Bharosa Kendras are the one stop shops for all farmers needs at Panchayat level in Andhra Pradesh. They provide services like e-crop booking to avail crop insurance, Agri-input shop, Farmer Knowledge Centres, Technical Advisory team, YSR Rythu Bharosa, Polambadi (FFS), CCRC cards, D-krishi (Seed distribution), etc. A sample of 90 beneficiaries were randomly selected from Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. Descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, mean scale value were used to analyse the data. The findings of the study indicated that, majority of the respondents (81.11%) having medium level of adoption followed by high (12.20%) and low (6.70%) levels of adoption.
Keywords: Rythu Bharosa Kendra, extent of adoption, technologies and services