A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND USE LEVEL OF AGRO CHEMICALS IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AMONG THE FARMERS OF WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH
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2023-11-01
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SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, MEERUT-250 110 (U.P.), INDIA
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The present study was carried out during the year 2021-2022 in two blocks of Meerut district and two blocks of Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The data was collected from 160 respondents through structured interview schedule. The study reveals that the majority of vegetable growers 53.75 per cent belonged to lower medium age group, 47.50 per cent belong to Other Backward Caste, 33.75 per cent were having education up to high school level, 65.62per cent were having 5 to 8 members in a family, 85.62 per cent were having mobile phones for mass media exposure, 81.87 per cent respondents were obtaining information from progressive farmers, 84.37 per cent respondents were engaged in agriculture as main occupation, 44.37 per cent respondents were having membership of more than one social organizations, 31.87 per cent were having 02 to 04 ha of land, 90.62 per cent were having two wheeler as transport facility, 33.75 per cent were having Rs. above 2 lakh rupees. Further study revealed that majority of the respondents 56.87 per cent were having medium knowledge about fruit and shoot borer in vegetable cultivation, 54.37 per cent respondents were having medium knowledge about use of nitrogen application in vegetable cultivation, 53.75 per cent respondents were having medium knowledge about diseases in vegetable cultivation. The correlation coefficient between socio economic status of respondents and knowledge level of vegetable growers were found significantly at 0.01 per cent probability level with the age, education, caste, mass media, size of land holding and their annual income.
The study also revealed that majority of respondents 77.50 per cent was having general awareness about technical application of agrochemicals in vegetables. Majority of respondents 55.63 per cent were used Fipronil, Cypermethrin, Flubendamite for the control of fruit and shoot borer in vegetables cultivation. The correlation coefficient between socio economic status of respondents and use level of agrochemicals in vegetables were found significantly at 0.01 per cent probability level with the age, education, caste, mass media, size of land holding and their annual income. It was also noted that majority of the respondents 84.37 per cent had medium communication behaviour with television as frequently used mass media and while under extension contact input dealers were used frequently. Most serious production constraints 65.62 per cent were observed as lack of adequate remunerative prices for vegetables whereas 70.62 per cent respondents were facing technical constraints.