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Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda

Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda has been established as a full-fledged State University, having unique honour of being the “First Agricultural University of Bundelkhand Region”. The University was notified vide Government Order No. 301/79-V-1-10-1 (Ka) 27-2009 Lucknow and established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010. Initially it was named as “Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda”, which was changed as “Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda” vide Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2014, No. 1528(2)/LXXIX-V-1-14-1(Ka)-13-2014 dated 4th December 2014. The University has been established for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in the Uttar Pradesh on the whole and Bundelkhand region in particular. It is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. State Government of Uttar Pradesh has assigned the University with the responsibilities of (a) human resource generation and development, (b) generation and perfection of technologies, and (c) their dissemination to the farmers, orchardists and dairy farmers in the Chitrakoot Dham and Jhansi divisions. The Chirtrkoot Dham Division consists of four districts, namely Banda, Chitrakoot (Karvi), Mahoba and Hamirpur whereas Jhansi Division consists of Jhansi, Lalitpur and Jalaun (Orai) districts.

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Subject: Agricultural Extension × Author: Pathak, Deepak Kumar × End date: 2021 × Type: Thesis ×
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    An Analysis of safe use of Pesticides by Vegetable Growers of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-10-23) Pathak, Deepak Kumar; Mishra, Dheeraj
    Pesticide poisoning has become a rising concern around the world. Farmers' susceptibility to pesticide poisoning is increasing due to a lack of understanding about safe and proper pesticide usage. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, Exposure, Pesticides of vegetable farmers about safe use of pesticides in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. The research was framed with Ex-post facto design. The study was carried out in 6 villages randomly selected from two blocks of Banda district where vegetable was the major crop. A sample of 90 vegetable growers was randomly selected from selected villages. A semi structured interview schedule was administrated for data collection through personal interview method. Further, the data was analyzed by using appropriate statistical methods. It was observed that the majority of vegetable growers were male, middle aged, possessed medium level of education and having nuclear and large family. Majority of respondents had kaccha house, marginal land holdings and farming as a sole profession. The average annual income of majority of vegetable growers was recorded upto Rs. 50,000/-. The study reveals that the social participation of vegetable growers very low, while extension contact was found on an average level. Majority of vegetable growers exhibited medium level of mass media exposures. Research findings show that the majority of vegetable farmers in Banda district having medium level of knowledge about use of pesticides in vegetable cultivation have (73.33%) vegetable growers, followed by low-level knowledge (14.44%) vegetable growers and high-level knowledge (12.22%) vegetable growers. In this study find out about pesticides exposure major routes was nose, pesticides residual was found in plants, pesticides stored in the house, pesticides exposure symptoms mainly skin irritation, headache, container disposed in the soil through burying and through burning container. In the sense of practices about safe use of pesticides respondents fined secure with application and calibration of equipments about insect & pest control have medium practices, respondents plant protection practices use safely, majority of respondents use medium level of PPE kit at the time of application of pesticides. Age, education, mass media and farming experience in vegetable cultivation had positive and highly significant correlation with knowledge and practices and negatively significant with exposure of safe use of pesticide of vegetable growers while, Landholding, social participation and extension contact had positive and highly significant correlation with knowledge and practices and negatively non-significant with exposure of safe use of pesticide of vegetable growers. Appropriate safety precautions must be taken to avoid pesticide-related harm. Due to the low level of literacy in the area, farmers rely on local input dealers and neighbouring farmers for advice, as they are unaware of potential risks. Variables such as education level, land holding, annual income, extension contact and social participation reflected a substantial impact on farmers' pesticide safety understanding.