RÉSUMÉ
Agriculture is the most sector in developing countries like India, the majority of them depending on it, to upliftment of their economic status. Most farmers have adopted traditional agricultural practices for farming in the last several years. In this context, the extension system depends on the ICT platform, and it plays a greater role in uplifting the livelihoods of rural people by effectively providing need-based and location-specific information. ICT’s today serving many purposes in agriculture, business, and social development activities, etc., especially in agriculture from crop production technologies to marketing, facilitating forward & backward linkages to the farm produce. In this study impact of agro advisories disseminated through AKPS inferred that 42.50 per cent of the respondents were grouped under the medium category of adoption followed by high (40.00%), low (10.83%) and very low (06.67%) respective categories. Most of the respondents irrespective of the crop had a high level of knowledge about modern technologies. It was also found that the knowledge level of the farmers changed with what they had been growing seasonal crops.
RÉSUMÉ
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif, 2022 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Palem, to evaluate the effect of nitrogen levels and mepiquat chloride on the yield and economics of HDPS cotton. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications. The results of this experiment revealed that application of T9: 125% RDN applied in splits at 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 DAS along with 2 sprays of 5% mepiquat chloride at 45 and 60 DAS recorded significantly higher number of bolls plant-1 (11.7), boll weight (4.49 g) and seed cotton yield (2484 kg ha-1). In terms of economic analysis, this treatment also exhibited the highest gross returns (? 1,78,872 ha-1), net returns (? 1,03,878 ha-1) and BC ratio (2.39). Conversely, the application of T1: 75% RDN in recommended splits of 20, 40, 60, 80 DAS recorded the lowest number of bolls plant-1 (8.0), boll weight (2.53 g) and seed cotton yield (1402 kg ha-1), as well as lower gross returns (? 1,02,766 ha-1), net returns (? 33,802 ha-1) and BC ratio (1.50). Based on these findings, it is recommended to adopt the practice of applying T9: 125% RDN (150 kg N ha-1) in splits at 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 DAS along with 2 sprays of 5% mepiquat chloride at 45 and 60 DAS to achieve maximum yield and economic returns of HDPS cotton.