A Study on Knowledge and Adoption of Improved Cultivation Practices of Grand Naine Variety of Banana in Hadri District
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2018-07
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University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad
Abstract
The present research study was purposively conducted in Haveri district of Karnataka state during 2017-18 with sample size of 90.The data was collected through interview schedule using Ex-post-facto research design.
The findings revealed that nearly half of farmers were noticed in medium knowledge (48.89%) category. Cent per cent of the farmers had knowledge about desuckering, propping, denavelling intercultural operation and ratoon crop, whereas, large majority of the farmers had knowledge about earthing up (98.89 %), pit size (92.22 %) and spacing (86.67 %). Further, education and extension contact exhibited positive and significant relationship at one per cent level of probability and scientific orientation exhibited positively significant correlation at five per cent level of probability with knowledge of improved cultivation practices. Adoption of practices clearly revealed that nearly half (47.78%) of the farmers belonged to medium adoption category. Cent per cent of the farmers had adopted desuckering operation followed by an equal per cent (98.89%) of the farmers adopted desuckering, propping and earthing up practices. Further, banana farming experience exhibited positive and significant relationship at one per cent level of probability and extension contact exhibited positive and significant relationship at five per cent level of probability with adoption of improved cultivation practices. Among the production constraints, more number of farmers expressed the problem of non availability of labour as the major constraint and followed by lack of finance/ credit facility, inadequate irrigation facility and limited and irregular of power supply. Further, among marketing constraints fluctuation in market price and exploitation of middle men were the major constraints expressed by the banana growers.