Abstract
To know the level of adoption of different technologies in mandarin orange, survey was conducted on April 2019 in Jajarkot district. Survey was done with 70 farmers of Nalgad municipality, Bheri municipality and Kushe rural municipal. Focus group discussion and Key Informant Survey was done with progressive farmers and JTs. The study revealed that majority of high adopters are male (66.10%) and had education level of primary and secondary. Farmers with highest number of bearing trees had highest rate of adaptation. Overall increase in adaptation over two years was 29.55%. Most adapted technology was use of bordopaste (84%) and least adopted technology was sprinkler irrigation. Main reason for increase in adoption was subsidy. There was increase in production by 52% due to increase in adoption level. Major constraint for adoption was poor access to market followed by less technical knowhow. So, it is recommended to provide appropriate market for farmers to improve the adaptation level in mandarin orange production.
Highlights
Diversified climate and land topography have been boon for cultivation of different kinds of fruits and vegetables in Nepal
Survey was conducted in April 2019 on Nalgad municipality, Bheri municipality and Kushe rural Municipal based on the production of mandarin and number of growers
Survey was conducted in Bheri municipality, Nalgad municipality and Kushe rural municipal with 70 respondents
Summary
Diversified climate and land topography have been boon for cultivation of different kinds of fruits and vegetables in Nepal. Citrus is economically important crop distributed in hills and midhills of Nepal. Mandarin occupies 1/3rd of total area occupied by fruits and 2/3rd of area occupied by citrus (Ic, et al, 2015). In year 2017, total area harvested of mandarin was 3881 ha and production on the same year was 39113 mt. In the year 2017/18 productive area of mandarin was highest in Jajarkot and yield was highest for lime among citrus crops. The productive area (in ha) of mandarin, sweet orange and lime was 150, 10 and 50 respectively whereas yield (mt/ha) of mandarin, sweet orange and lime was 10.1, 9 and 10.8 respectively (MOAD, 2018)
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