Farmer's Perception towards Conservation Tillage Practices Jiyawan Ram1, Jirli Basavaprabhu1, Khatoon Guddi1, Sharada2 1,2,3Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi-221 005 (UP) 4Syndicate Bank, Connaught Circus, New Delhi-110 001 Abstract The study was conducted in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2007. Mirzapur district consists of 12 blocks, out of which, Jamalpur block was purposely selected because this area is seriously affected by low moisture content, scanty rainfall, erodible and ravines land. Six villages were randomly selected from this block for the purpose of the study. A total of 100 farmers were selected by adopting random sampling technique. Majority of the respondents (69%) were having medium level of knowledge, followed low level of knowledge (20%) and only 11% had high level of knowledge. As far as adoption is concerned 53% were having medium level of adoption. Majority of the respondents (90%) had expressed that inadequate credit facility was the main constraint for purchasing improved agricultural implements. Majority of the respondents (71%) perceived that non-availability of specific implement like zero tillage was a serious constraint. Forty-five% of the respondents had expressed their view that while adopting zero-till in wheat, the problem of Phalaris minor had reduced but after 4–5 years, the problem of perennial weeds become serious. Top Keywords Knowledge, adoption, constraints, conservation tillage practices. Top |