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VOL. 9, ISSUE 1 (2024)
A study on the adaptability of farmers to n-nano fertilizer usage in Oryza Sativa L. cultivation in selected divisional secretariat divisions of Ampara district of Sri Lanka
Authors
S Iqbal, S Sutharsan, M Thenuja
Abstract
Paddy is the major crop
grown worldwide as well as Sri Lanka. Novel technology adoption is the only
option to mitigate the food insecurity which would facilitate to face the
impacts of growing population and climate change on crop production. Nowadays,
Nano fertilizer and Nano technology are the most important topics among the researchers.
These nano materials directly reduce the cost of production by the way of reduced
the fertilizer usage. There are several problems created due to the chemical
fertilizer usage such as environmental pollution, high cost of production and
health issues. Losses of fertilizer and its effects on environment are
coincided incidents which needs to be reduced immediately. Available nutrients
present in bulk chemical forms are not fully accessible to plants. In addition,
the utilization of macronutrient is very low due to their conversion to
insoluble form in soil. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted to find
out the rate of adaptability to N-Nano fertilizer usage in the major paddy
cultivating Addalaichenai and Nintavur Divisional Secretariat divisions of the
Ampara district. Stratified random sampling method was used to select
respondents for the survey and the collected data were statistically analyzed. The
results revealed that 40% of farmers have 6-10 years farming experience and 64%
of farmers in this selected area had used extension services for conventional
farming. Approximately 80% of the farmers said that compared to current
technologies farming by conventional methods is easy. There were 64% of the
farmers reported that N-Nano fertilizer usage will increase the level of
production. However, limitation to the access to N-Nano Fertilizer was also
pointed out by 64% of the farmers. Consequently, the farmers in this study area
have a lower than 20% adaptation rate for usage of N-Nano fertilizer in paddy
fields. Hence, this study found out that only 20% of the farmers adopting the
usage of N-Nano fertilizer. Therefore, promotion campaigns through the
extension services should be enhanced to increase the farmers’ awareness on the
usage of the N-Nano fertilizer applications in the paddy fields of the Ampara
district, Sri Lanka.
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Pages:8-14
How to cite this article:
S Iqbal, S Sutharsan, M Thenuja "A study on the adaptability of farmers to n-nano fertilizer usage in Oryza<i> Sativa</i> L. cultivation in selected divisional secretariat divisions of Ampara district of Sri Lanka". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 8-14
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