Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan
Maize production in rain-fed region is affected up to greater extent by resource availability, socioeconomic and abiotic factors. Present study was aimed to assess and analyze farmers’ perceptions of factors impairing maize yield in Pind Daden Khan region of Pakistan. Data were collected from r...
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Maize production in rain-fed region is affected up to greater extent by resource availability, socioeconomic and abiotic factors. Present study was aimed to assess and analyze farmers’ perceptions of factors impairing maize yield in Pind Daden Khan region of Pakistan. Data were collected from randomly selected 125 maize growers from five villages of the region. Investigations revealed that majority of farmers (approx. 59.5%) were aware of recommended maize production, cultural and protection practices, but with a small proportion (33%) of adoptees. Whereas, 80% of farmers were found with percpective that marketing uncertainty was affecting dramatically the yield of maize crop, the reason is gap between input application and output profit is creating frustration among farmers. Temperature was considered as the leading agent amongst many others climatic factors causing maize yield decrease in the studied region. An overwhelming majority (96% and 71.2%) of respondents were aware of time of irrigation at sowing and post-germination; and 91.2% and 55.2% had adopted them, respectively. Almost 50% of respondents adopted the recommended plant protection measures. Revealed results suggest a strong policy implementation regarding better marketing as well as agricultural extension services in the region and facilitation of crop fixed and variable inputs supply by introducing micro–credit loan schemes to maize farmers of studied area.
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| spelling | doaj.art-75594c83c1174a00847ad2a91ca7d38d2022-12-22T03:03:09ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512016-12-01202Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, PakistanMuhammad Muddassir0Muhammad Waqas Jalip1Mehmood Ali Noor2Muhammad Abubakar Zia3Fahad Owis Aldosari4Abu-ul-Hassan Zuhaibe5Sajid Fiaz6Muhammad Mubushar7Muhammad Mubashar Zafar8Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaInstitute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, PakistanInstitute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, ChinaDepartment of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaInstitute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, PakistanChina National Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China.Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040 Pakistan Maize production in rain-fed region is affected up to greater extent by resource availability, socioeconomic and abiotic factors. Present study was aimed to assess and analyze farmers’ perceptions of factors impairing maize yield in Pind Daden Khan region of Pakistan. Data were collected from randomly selected 125 maize growers from five villages of the region. Investigations revealed that majority of farmers (approx. 59.5%) were aware of recommended maize production, cultural and protection practices, but with a small proportion (33%) of adoptees. Whereas, 80% of farmers were found with percpective that marketing uncertainty was affecting dramatically the yield of maize crop, the reason is gap between input application and output profit is creating frustration among farmers. Temperature was considered as the leading agent amongst many others climatic factors causing maize yield decrease in the studied region. An overwhelming majority (96% and 71.2%) of respondents were aware of time of irrigation at sowing and post-germination; and 91.2% and 55.2% had adopted them, respectively. Almost 50% of respondents adopted the recommended plant protection measures. Revealed results suggest a strong policy implementation regarding better marketing as well as agricultural extension services in the region and facilitation of crop fixed and variable inputs supply by introducing micro–credit loan schemes to maize farmers of studied area.  https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/949MaizeProduction practicesMarketingAwarenessAdoption |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Muddassir Muhammad Waqas Jalip Mehmood Ali Noor Muhammad Abubakar Zia Fahad Owis Aldosari Abu-ul-Hassan Zuhaibe Sajid Fiaz Muhammad Mubushar Muhammad Mubashar Zafar Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Extension Maize Production practices Marketing Awareness Adoption |
| title | Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan |
| title_full | Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan |
| title_short | Farmers’ Perception of Factors Hampering Maize Yield in Rain-fed Region of Pind Dadan Khan, Pakistan |
| title_sort | farmersa€™ perception of factors hampering maize yield in rain fed region of pind dadan khan pakistan |
| topic | Maize Production practices Marketing Awareness Adoption |
| url | https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/949 |
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