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ThesisItem Restricted Adoption of recommended integrated pest management (IPM) Practices by cotton growers of Bathinda district (Punjab)(Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture PAU, Ludhiana, 2002) Singh, Dharminder; Dhaiiwal, Ravinder KaurThesisItem Restricted An Evaluative study of training programmes organized by centre of excellence for training in wheat production technology, Punjab agricultural university, ludhiana(Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture PAU, Ludhiana, 2001) Kumar, Vipan; Mahindra, KanwalThesisItem Restricted A Study of some important farm related socio-economic parameters of small and marginal farmes of Punjab(Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture PAU, Ludhiana, 2001) Singh, Gurmeet; Gill, S. SThesisItem Open Access A Study of farmers awarness regarding Agricultural Pollution in Punjab(Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture PAU, Ludhiana, 2000) Dhillon, Ravinder Pal Singh; Kumar, KuldipThesisItem Restricted A Study on the job performance of horticultural development officers in Punjab(Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture PAU, Ludhiana, 2000) Dhar, Santasbil; Dhaliwal, Ravinder KaurThesisItem Open Access Training needs of small and marginal farmers for integrated farming systems in Sri Muktsar Sahib district of Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Dildeep Singh; Riar, T.S.The present study was conducted to determine Training needs of small and marginal farmers for integrated farming systems in Sri Muktsar Sahib District of Punjab. Two blocks were selected from Sri Muktsar Sahib District i.e. Malout and Giddarbaha randomly. Further from two selected blocks, six villages from each block were selected randomly. From each village 10 farmers having the integrated farming system were selected randomly so the final sample consists of 120 respondents. The data were collected from these respondents with the help of structured interview schedule. It was observed that majority of the respondents i.e. 46.66 per cent belonged to young age category, majority of the respondents i.e. 33.33 per cent were educated and majority of the respondents i.e. 53.33 per cent of the respondents had medium land holdings. It was observed that majority of the respondents i.e. 51.66 per cent belonged to agriculture+ dairy enterprise. Majority of the respondents i.e. 83.33 per cent need training of Soil/water sampling and use of test reports most needed in vegetables. Training of varieties and their characteristics are most needed in wheat crop by 70.83 per cent of the respondents. Training of weed control was most needed in pulse crops by 74.16 per cent of the respondents. Nutrient recycling was most needed in case of pulses by 98.33 per cent of respondents. Disease management was most needed in case of dairy cattle i.e. 100 per cent. 83.86 per cent of self marketing was most needed in dairy cattle. Fishery system of integrated farming got first rank in need for training. Age and income were positive and significantly related with training needs.ThesisItem Restricted Effectiveness of dramatization for creating awareness regarding Safe use of pesticides(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Bilal; Sharma, Anil KumarThe present study entitled “Effectiveness of dramatization for creating awareness regarding safe use of pesticides” was undertaken with the objectives to study the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, the effectiveness of technical street play and gain knowledge of the respondents, the association between socio-economic status of the respondents and gain in knowledge and their reaction. Five districts of Malwa region i.e. Ludhiana, Faridkot, Fazilka, Patiala and Mansa were selected purposively. From each district one village was selected and from each village thirty farmers were selected randomly. Thus, the sample of 150 farmers were selected for the study. The data were collected by personal interview method with the help of questionnaire. Further, the data were tabulated and analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents belonged to the young age group having primary level of education, medium category of operational land holding. Majority of them had medium level of mass media exposure, medium level of extension contacts and medium use of ICT tools. Majority of them gained information regarding safe use of pesticides along with harmfulness of pesticides and overall knowledge regarding various aspects of agriculture. It was also found that the socio personal characteristics of the respondents like age, family size, operational land holding, mass media exposure, extension contact and ICT tools of the respondents was significantly associated with their reaction of street play on safe use of pesticides.ThesisItem Restricted Performance of Custom Hiring Services through Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies in Ludhiana District(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Dash, Shwetapadma; Prabhjot KaurThe present study entitled “Performance of custom hiring services through Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies in Ludhiana district” was undertaken to study the performance of custom hiring services through Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies, satisfaction level of farmers availing the services, the problems faced by the farmers in availing the services and their suggestions thereof. A sample of 5 Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies from Ludhiana district providing custom hiring services to the farmers were selected. A sample of 150 farmers who were availing the custom hiring services from these Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies was selected. It was observed from the study that Majority of the farmers were in the age group of 44 to 62 years, had educational level up to matric and medium to semi-medium operational landholding. Majority of the farmers had low to medium mass media exposure. Maximum number of farmers acquired information regarding custom hiring services from the officials of Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies. It was found that among all the 5 Cooperative Agricultural Service Societies 3 societies had high performance while one had average and one had low performance. Majority of the respondents had a high level of satisfaction regarding the custom hiring services (CHS). Regarding problems faced by the farmers while availing the CHS, non-availability of machines was a major problem cited by the farmers and nearly half of the farmers suggested that machines with high demand should be more in number.ThesisItem Restricted Perception and awareness of farmers towards over- exploitation of ground water and its management practices in Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Ankit; Rupinder KaurThe study entitled ‘Perception and Awareness of farmers towards over-exploitation of groundwater and its management practices in Punjab’ was undertaken with the objectives to study the perception of farmers towards over-exploitation of groundwater, awareness of farmers towards management practices of over-exploitation of groundwater and to ascertain the extent of use of various management practices regarding over-exploitation of ground water. Eight districts from central zone where over-exploitation of groundwater (above 85%) is prevalent, were selected purposively. From each selected districts one block was selected randomly and from each block one village was selected randomly. Fifteen farmers were selected randomly from each village. Thus, a study comprised of total 120 farmers. The data were collected through personal interviewing the farmers. It was observed that majority of the respondents perceived that ground water is being depleted in Punjab. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were in the middle age group, married, matriculate, belonged to joint families, semi-medium land holding and were engaged in farming as major occupation. Replacing low water consuming crops with high water consuming crops could be the cause of over-exploitation of groundwater. Majority of the respondents were aware about regular maintenance and cleaning of water channel, sowing of crops on ridges and application of laser land leveler as well as mulching in crops saves irrigation water. Majority of the respondents were fully using the method of transplanting of paddy after mid-June instead of May and most of the respondents were fully using zero tillage in wheat paddy cropping rotation followed by cultivation of crops on ridges.
