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    Organic farming among farmers of rural Haryana: A Sociological Analysis
    (CCSHAU,HiSAR, 2021-09) Manisha; Bas Kaur
    Organic farming is more than just avoiding the use of agrochemicals in agriculture; it is a technique for establishing a healthy agro-ecosystem on a farm. Organic agriculture arose from the purposeful efforts of inspired people, who wanted to build the finest possible relationship between man and the land. The present research was conducted in Haryana state with following specific objectives: (1) To assess knowledge of farmers about organic farming. (2) To ascertain the nature and extent of adoption level of organic farming practices and (3) To study the association between selected socio-economic variables and adoption of organic farming. The sample of 120 respondents was selected from a cluster of villages from two districts, namely, Karnal and Sirsa through systemic random sampling techniques. Data were collected through interview Scheduled and analyzed with suitable descriptive statistical techniques. Analysis clearly revealed that majority of the respondents (58.30%) had medium level of knowledge and about one-third (31.70%) had high level of knowledge regarding organic farming. Near about half of respondents (45%) had medium level of adoption followed by 40.80 percent who had low level of adoption. Analysis indicated that age, education, caste, family type, size of land holding, subsidiary occupation and socio-economic status were found significantly associated with level of knowledge regarding organic farming. Results revealed that education, caste, family type, size of land holding, subsidiary occupation and mass media exposure were found to be significantly associated with level of adoption regarding organic farming. It was found that 70 percent were doing organic farming for more than three years. Low yield of crops, lack of purchasing agencies, no minimum support price, low premium prices for organic products, poor communication channels were the major constraints. There should be more purchasing agencies, minimum support price, proper market facilities available for farmers and farmers should be encouraged to adopt organic farming by giving subsidies.
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    Response of organic manures on growth, flowering and spike yield of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L)
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021-08) Manisha; Beniwal, B. S.
    The present study entitled “Response of organic manures on growth, flowering and spike yield of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.)” cv. Prajwal was carried out at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Centre of Excellence for Organic Farming, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during the year 2020-21. In this experiment, three sources of organic manures viz., FYM, vermicompost and poultry manure were taken along with their five levels (control, 2 Kg/m2 , 3 Kg/m2 , 4 Kg/m2 and 5 Kg/m2 ). This experiment comprising of fifteen treatments laid out in split plot design with three replications. The plot size was kept 1.5 m x 1.5 m with spacing 30 cm x 30 cm between row to row and plant to plant. Among the different organic manures vermicompost gave best results followed by poultry manure and FYM. Days taken to initiation of sprouting and complete sprouting were minimum with the application of poultry manure while early spike emergence, early opening of first floret, maximum plant height, length of leaves, number of leaves per clump, length of spike, length of rachis, stem diameter, number of florets per spike, spike weight, number of bulbs per clump, diameter of bulb, weight of bulb, spike longevity under field and vase conditions were observed when fertilized with vermicompost @ 4 Kg/m2 whereas maximum organic carbon in soil & potassium content in leaves and soil with the application of vermicompost @ 5 Kg/m2 . Nitrogen & Phosphorus content of plant and soil was observed maximum with poultry manure @ 5 Kg/m2 . Among microbial activities, dehydrogenase activity was maximum with FYM and alkaline phosphatase activity with poultry manure @ 5 Kg/m2