Adoption Dynamics of Scientific Poultry and Fisheries Technologies under Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP) in Manipur

Abstract

The study was conducted in the Imphal East district of Manipur with 36 Poultry beneficiaries and 21 fishery Beneficiaries to measure the extent of adoption of recommended poultry and fish farming practices under the Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP) implemented by the Central Agricultural University, Imphal. The study concludes that the majority (55.55%) of poultry farmers and the majority (61.90%) of fish farmers had a medium level of adoption of various FFP-recommended practices. Personal variables such as education level, training received, extension contact, economic motivation and market orientation have shown a highly significant and positive relationship, whereas variable age shows a negative and significant relationship with the extent of adoption of recommended poultry and fish rearing practices. It is evident from the study that extension operations must be strengthened in order to expose more people to scientific farming practices.