COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADOPTION OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PACKAGES BY PADDY FARMERS OF NALGONDA DISTRICT

To know the adoption of nutrient management packages by paddy farmers of Nalgonda district, a study was conducted in Nalgonda district of Telangana. Five villages from three mandals were selected for the study. Thereafter, 90 farmers i.e., Six farmers from each village (3 State Agricultural University recommendation followers and 3 Farmers Practice followers) were interviewed for this study. The results showed that majority (68.9%) of SAU recommendation followers had medium level of adoption of nutrient management packages in paddy. But more number of farmers practice followers (75.6%) also fell in medium adoption category. SAU and FP follower had highly significant difference in their contact with farming experience, extension contact, information seeking and adoption of nutrient management practices.