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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 5
First page : (339) Last page : (343)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8372

Impact of TN-IAMP on Black Gram Growers in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu

Shameer Ahamed A.¹, Ramakrishnan. K^2* , and J. Pushpha³
Dept. of Agrl. Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College & Research Institute (TNAU)
Madurai-625 104 Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ramki.vnr@gmail.com
Received: 8.9.2020 | Revised: 13.10.2020 | Accepted: 18.10.2020 

 ABSTRACT

The World Bank Supported TN IAMP (Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project) is a follow up of IAMWARM (Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water-Bodies Restoration and Management) Project. The interventions of this component are aimed at increasing productivity of mostly key crops, promoting diversification of agriculture production systems, enhancing resilience and improving farmer access to markets in project sub-basins. This study was undertaken in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state. Among the blocks in Madurai district, totally 8 villages were selected. The respondents of 120 TN-IAMP black gram beneficiaries were selected using purposive sampling method. It is inevitable to study the impact of any technology when it is used in the society and among the direct consequences increased income was observed in this study of (87.50 percent) of TN-IAMP beneficiaries on black gram cultivation and it was created a good impact among farmers, this might be initiation and create more adoption rate on future on this technologies. Also observed from indirect consequences of this study   indicated that most of the beneficiaries made improvements in their existing land and also gone for diversified cropping.

Keywords: Impact, TN-IAMP, Consequences, Changes.

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Cite this article: Shameer A.A., Ramakrishnan, K., & Pushpha, J. (2020). Impact of TN-IAMP on Black Gram Growers in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(5), 339-343. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8372