Impact of Agricultural Inputs on Paddy Cultivators of Hassan

Abstract

Regarding the impact of agricultural inputs on productivity of farmers in Hassan district the sample area taken was four taluks. Holenarsipura Arakalgudu Narayana pura and Alluru. 50 farmers growing paddy from each of these four sampled taluks where chosen for the study. The research gap suggested that there was a huge shortage of procurement of healthy seeds, no new farm machinery, lack of agricultural finance, irrigational facilities was not harnessed effectively. There was water shortage, fertilizers shortage, soil incompatibility and   old stock pesticides were available. These were core requisites which was not readily available to the cash strapped farmers. Lack of capital was the main reason for low production. Even the labour was seasonal and most of the times never returned postharvest as they found employment elsewhere. The research methodology used was both primary and secondary data.   Analysis for interpretation and the computation of the data collected by interview method from the farmers where compiled and analyzed by means of the percentage method, regression analysis and F-test. The findings showed that the unfavorable procurement of inputs which was basically needed to increase and usher in a bountiful production was woefully inadequate. conclusion portrayed that still 70% of the farmers were using old traditional methods for cultivation of paddy.