Table III.

Learning from past experience on the adoption of CA-based wheat production system (CAW)

YearNo. of householdsaShare of land allocated
to CAW (average)
Adoption of CA-based wheat production system (CAW) by year
2013-201410419.84
2014-201510428.93
2015-201613969.29
Learning from past experience of climate extreme
Learning from past climate extremesNo. of farm households–
No learningb63–
Learning from own experiencec77–
Learning from neighboring farmers experiencesd44–
Total184 -

Notes:

a

Of the total sample of 208 households, 104 were the adopters of CAW in the years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. In 2015-2016, 44 households who were non-adopters in the previous years started CAW, and hence, the number of CAW adopters increased to 139 households;

b

this includes farmers who have not adopted CAW in their land in both 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, and also farmers who have adopted CAW in 2014-2015 but have not increased the share of land under it in 2015-2016;

c

this includes farmers who applied CAW in their land in 2014-2015 and increased the share of land allocated to CAW in their total operated land in 2015-2016;

d

This includes farmers who did not apply CAW at all in their land in 2014-2015 but applied it in some or total land operated by them in 2015-2016

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