Table 6: Number of Farmer Households Accessing Any Source for Acquiring Different Type of Information on Cultivation

State

Improved Seeds

Fertilizer Application

Plant Protection

Farm Machinery

Harvesting/Marketing

Others

Northern Region

18180

(69.2)

8392

(32.0)

5234

(19.9)

923

(3.5)

2134

(8.1)

2327

(8.9)

Haryana

5011

(76.0)

2192

(33.3)

1707

(25.9)

317

(4.8)

654

(9.9)

597

(9.1)

Himachal pradesh

2349

(64.6)

1126

(31.0)

853

(23.4)

35

(1.0)

506

(13.9)

499

(13.7)

J & K

1805

(42.1)

1966

(45.9)

1240

(28.9)

13

(0.3)

103

(2.4)

136

(3.2)

Punjab

3089

(73.2)

1426

(33.8)

710

(16.8)

242

(5.7)

607

(14.4)

288

(6.8)

Rajasthan

5926

(78.7)

1682

(22.3)

724

(9.6)

316

(4.2)

264

(3.5)

807

(10.7)

N-Eastern Region

7215

(49.8)

7000

(48.3)

3291

(22.7)

248

(1.7)

521

(3.6)

2462

(17.0)

ArunachalPradesh

118

(52.4)

67

(29.8)

42

(18.7)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

82

(36.4)

Assam

5518

(49.3)

5770

(51.5)

2175

(19.4)

141

(1.3)

225

(2.0)

2132

(19.0)

Manipur

650

(56.8)

533

(46.6)

290

(25.3)

21

(1.8)

48

(4.2)

80

(7.0)

Meghalaya

455

(40.8)

283

(25.4)

505

(45.3)

14

(1.3)

210

(18.9)

116

(10.4)

Mizoram

85

(58.2)

24

(16.4)

34

(23.3)

0

(0.0)

24

(16.4)

30

(20.5)

Nagaland

193

(67.2)

148

(51.6)

139

(48.4)

55

(19.2)

11

(3.8)

12

(4.2)

Tripura

196

(52.1)

175

(46.5)

106

(28.2)

17

(4.5)

3

(0.8)

10

(2.7)

Eastern Region

37325

(45.8)

48263

(59.2)

19717

(24.2)

2648

(3.2)

5420

(6.7)

9820

(12.1)

Bihar

10069

(45.2)

13108

(58.8)

3841

(17.2)

1330

(6.0)

2513

(11.3)

2780

(12.5)

Jharkhand

3314

(43.0)

4039

(52.4)

1306

(16.9)

190

(2.5)

121

(1.6)

1259

(16.3)

Orissa

4218

(40.6)

5928

(57.0)

1946

(18.7)

377

(3.6)

798

(7.7)

2270

(21.8)

Sikkim

104

(42.6)

110

(45.1)

45

(18.4)

0

(0.0)

62

(25.4)

21

(8.6)

West Bengal

19620

(48.0)

25078

(61.4)

12579

(30.8)

751

(1.8)

1926

(4.7)

3490

(8.5)

Central Region

64062

(70.7)

37881

(41.8)

16113

(17.8)

1580

(1.7)

4782

(5.3)

4691

(5.2)

Chattisgarh

3558

(52.8)

3511

(52.1)

1039

(15.4)

81

(1.2)

224

(3.3)

294

(4.4)

Madhya Pradesh

18419

(71.3)

10781

(41.7)

4612

(17.9)

554

(2.1)

1641

(6.4)

650

(2.5)

Uttranchal

2130

(82.6)

249

(9.7)

217

(8.4)

0

(0.0)

33

(1.3)

137

(5.3)

Uttar Pradesh

39955

(72.0)

23340

(42.1)

10245

(18.5)

945

(1.7)

2884

(5.2)

3610

(6.5)

Western Region

37711

(76.5)

25577

(51.9)

12422

(25.2)

1886

(3.8)

7987

(16.2)

2804

(5.7)

Gujarat

13865

(71.2)

11801

(60.6)

5480

(28.2)

622

(3.2)

2905

(14.9)

986

(5.1)

Maharashtra

23846

(80.0)

13776

(46.2)

6942

(23.3)

1264

(4.2)

5082

(17.1)

1818

(6.1)

Southern Region

41893

(50.0)

43893

(52.4)

26153

(31.2)

1566

(1.9)

14297

(17.1)

11615

(13.9)

Andhra Pradesh

15969

(43.6)

20123

(54.9)

12471

(34.0)

442

(1.2)

4189

(11.4)

4157

(11.3)

Karnataka

12316

(70.7)

7843

(45.0)

3270

(18.8)

408

(2.3)

3135

(18.0)

3309

(19.0)

Kerala

4485

(38.2)

5717

(48.6)

4826

(41.1)

344

(2.9)

2637

(22.4)

2565

(21.8)

Tamil Nadu

9123

(50.9)

10210

(57.0)

5586

(31.2)

372

(2.1)

4336

(24.2)

1584

(8.8)

Uts

109

(35.9)

89

(29.3)

125

(41.1)

2

(0.7)

99

(32.6)

112

(36.8)

All-India

206675

(59.6)

171233

(49.4)

83115

(24.0)

8853

(2.6)

37030

(10.7)

33844

(9.8)

Note: Figures in brackets are percentages to total

Source: NSSO(2005), Access to Modern Technology for Farming, 59th Round, Report No 499