Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India

Background: Based on a randomized experiment by treating one group of farmers with an extension package and the other group as usual in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India, we examined the impact of the targeted extension package on farmers’ rice yield. Objective: The objective of the study was...

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Autores principales: Ghosh, Parijat, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Debnath, Deepayan, Paneru, Khyam
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Nepal Journals Online 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141157
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author Ghosh, Parijat
Babu, Suresh Chandra
Debnath, Deepayan
Paneru, Khyam
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Paneru, Khyam
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description Background: Based on a randomized experiment by treating one group of farmers with an extension package and the other group as usual in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India, we examined the impact of the targeted extension package on farmers’ rice yield. Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate whether the chosen targeted extension package would significantly increase farmers’ rice yields or not. Materials and Methods: We estimated a multiple linear regression model to determine the effect of several independent variables, including plot size, amount of money borrowed, and farmers’ income on the rice yield. Results: We found that the rice yield among the farmers who received the extension package had increased compared to the group of farmers with no extension support. The regression coefficient of extension (1 = yes, 0 = no) is statistically significant (p-value = 0.063) at a 10% level of significance. Conclusion: Assessing the impact of the targeted extension package on the farmers is important in utilizing good agricultural practices to increase rice productivity. We concluded that a targeted extension program is crucial for increasing rice yield among rural farmers in Southern India.
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spelling CGSpace1411572025-12-08T10:29:22Z Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India Ghosh, Parijat Babu, Suresh Chandra Debnath, Deepayan Paneru, Khyam extension tamil nadu loans farmers rice farm income field size yields Background: Based on a randomized experiment by treating one group of farmers with an extension package and the other group as usual in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India, we examined the impact of the targeted extension package on farmers’ rice yield. Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate whether the chosen targeted extension package would significantly increase farmers’ rice yields or not. Materials and Methods: We estimated a multiple linear regression model to determine the effect of several independent variables, including plot size, amount of money borrowed, and farmers’ income on the rice yield. Results: We found that the rice yield among the farmers who received the extension package had increased compared to the group of farmers with no extension support. The regression coefficient of extension (1 = yes, 0 = no) is statistically significant (p-value = 0.063) at a 10% level of significance. Conclusion: Assessing the impact of the targeted extension package on the farmers is important in utilizing good agricultural practices to increase rice productivity. We concluded that a targeted extension program is crucial for increasing rice yield among rural farmers in Southern India. 2022-12-27 2024-04-12T13:37:23Z 2024-04-12T13:37:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141157 en Open Access Nepal Journals Online Ghosh, Parijat; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Debnath, Deepayan; and Paneru, Khyam. 2022. Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India. Nepalese Journal of Statistics 6. https://doi.org/10.3126/njs.v6i01.50796
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tamil nadu
loans
farmers
rice
farm income
field size
yields
Ghosh, Parijat
Babu, Suresh Chandra
Debnath, Deepayan
Paneru, Khyam
Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India
title Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India
title_full Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India
title_fullStr Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India
title_short Impact of the Targeted Extension Program on rice productivity in Tamil Nadu, India
title_sort impact of the targeted extension program on rice productivity in tamil nadu india
topic extension
tamil nadu
loans
farmers
rice
farm income
field size
yields
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141157
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