To improve the quality of the jute fibres CRIJAF SONA was developed and disseminated by ICAR- Central Research Institute of Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF). A study was carried out on 2021 in North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts respectively to assess the various aspects of CRIJAF SONA as perceived by the randomly selected 80 jute growers using structured interview schedule. The index values of perceived attributes of CRIJAF SONA for relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, observability and trialability were calculated as 93.87, 88.25, 43.08, 93.33 and 94.69 respectively. The technology effectiveness was found as 85.41 which shows that the technology is having favourable perception in selected jute growing areas.

Jute is a major commercial crop grown by majority of the small and marginal farmers of West Bengal. To make this venture profitable ICAR-Central Research Institute of Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF) had developed innovative jute production technologies. The study was conducted during 2021 at villages of North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts of West Bengal where ICAR-CRIJAF had disseminated its innovative technologies. A sample of 160 jute growers comprising of 80 adopter farmers and 80 non-adopter farmers were selected randomly. The objective was to identify the influence of the socio-psychological characteristics of the jute growers on their level of technology socialisation. Canonical correlation analysis was carried out to find the association between these two sets of variables. The variables; achievement motivation, innovativeness, education, land holdings etc. moved together with adoption whereas farming experience and age followed the same direction as rejection and discontinuance.

CAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers had developed an innovative technology i.e., manually operated Multirow seed drill that could enable line sowing of jute and helps in reducing the seed rate as well as the labour requirement for weeding and thinning. The study was conducted during 2021 at the villages of North 24 Parganas and Nadia Districts of West Bengal by personal interviewing 80 farmers who had already adopted the CRIJAF Multirow seed drill. It was found that the intervention was relatively more advantageous, compatible with the existing culture and agroclimatic conditions, exhibits prominently observable results and relatively less complex in operation. Hence being a proven technology, the seed drill needs to be popularised in those areas where it has not been utilized yet. The adoption of the seed drill would further improve the effi ciency of jute cultivation by decreasing the cost of cultivation and increasing fi bre productivity.

ICAR- Central Research Institute of jute and allied fi bres (CRIJAF) has developed a technology cluster of four diff erent technologies- CRIJAF SONA, CRIJAF Nail Weeder, Multirow seed drill and improved seed variety JRO 204 (Suren). It has promised to increase the productivity of the jute fi bres at the same time reduce the cost of cultivation by cutting off the labour requirements. In this context the villages of 24 Parganas (N) and Nadia districts of West Bengal were selected where the institute has already disseminated its innovative technologies. Two categories of 40 farmers, consisting of adopter and non-adopters, each from the two villages were selected in order to carry out the study in the year 2021. Total 160 respondents were selected as sample. The objective was to determine the impact of the interventions on the fi bre yield, cost of cultivation, income and labour requirement in the jute farming using z-test as well as paired t test. The results revealed that adoption of the innovative jute production technologies have indeed brought positive impact by increasing the fi bre yield and income as well as reduced the labour requirement and cultivation costs