1. AJAY KUMAR PRUSTY - M.S.Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Gajapati, Odisha, India.
2. SANDEEP ROUT - Faculty of Agriculture, Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
3. KALYANI PRADHAN - Faculty of Agriculture, Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
4. GYANARANJAN SAHOO - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Angul, Odisha, India.
5. LAKHAN LAL MEENA - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Nuapada, Odisha, India.
6. LIPSA DASH - M.S.Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management,
Paralakhemundi, Gajapati, Odisha, India.
The study was carried out in Puri district of Odisha, India during 2014-15. A sample of farmers cultivating rice using the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method involving 110 was selected on a multistage random sampling technique to select from the study area. The study reveals that farmers prefer long duration seed varieties (2.51), using FYM in the cropping land (1.80), covering seed with well decomposed FYM in nursery (2.02), well puddling and leveling the land (2.24), not removing seeds from plant during transplanting (1.75), smearing 4-5 tonnes of FYM/Compost per acre land (2.45), maintaining water at soil saturation (1.85) and uprooting weeds manually near to plant (1.80). This indicates that majority of the farmers were having medium level of adoption due to knowledge and aware of high production in SRI Technology as compare to traditional cultivation practices.
Adoption, Discontinuance, Farmer, Rejection, Rice, SRI.