Efficacy of Public Extension and Advisory Services for Sustainable Rice Production

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چکیده

Agriculture is an integral constituent of Pakistan’s economy and the primary source livelihood for nearly 65% population living in rural areas. Rice second major staple food after wheat a significant foreign exchange earnings through Basmati exports. Pakistan has established extensive network agricultural extension to educate farming community about modern practices enhancing productivity crops grown country. The present study was undertaken evaluate rice farmers’ views public services identify their perspective regarding various ways production Pakistan. A multi-stage simple random sampling technique employed, data were collected from 193 farmers with help structured interviews using pre-tested questionnaire. findings revealed that vast majority poorly satisfied services. results Spearman Rank-Order Correlation showed landholding size had effect on deciding contact; agents are more likely visit serve those who possess large landholders therefore have tendency intentionally neglect small-scale farmers. For Pakistan, believed provision subsidized inputs minimum support price indispensable. Based our findings, we suggest make effective, should particularly focus capacity building rather than large-scale Moreover, there need broaden scope crop protection measures set comprehensive sustainable increasing productivity, resource-use efficiency, as well resilience toward adverse impacts climate change.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Agriculture

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2077-0472']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13051062