A STUDY ON MANAGEMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES BY VEGETABLE GROWERS OF NORTH KARNATAKA
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2007-08-29
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore
Abstract
A study on management of eco-friendly practices by vegetable growers of north
Karnataka was undertaken in Dharwad and Belgaum districts of Kamataka in the
year of 2005-06 with 160 vegetable growers and 60 consumers. The data was
collected by personal interview method.
The results revealed that medium knowledge level about environmental
hazards (65.00%) and eco-friendly management practices (51.87%). Medium adoption
of eco-friendly technologies by 68.75 per cent. Majority of the respondents were
practicing cultural management and weed management practices. Majority of the
respondents were not practicing applying of organic manures, selection of crops and
cropping pattern, mixed cropping, inter cultivation practices, application of biofertilizers
to soil and use of limited inorganic fertilizers.
In case of socio-economic characteristics middle age, pre-university education,
medium level of income, higher achievement motivation, medium innovative
proneness (52.50%), medium scientific orientation (55.00%), medium cosmopoliteness
(58.13%) and medium economic motivation categories, (59.38%), deferred gratification
(64.38%), medium attitude towards chemical fertilizers (70.63%) and medium risk
orientation (71.25%). More than fifty per cent of respondents were members of co
operative society (51.87%) and majority (61.44%) of them participated in various
activities regularly. Radio and T.V were possessed by 89.38 per cent and 80.63 per
cent of the respondents, respectively
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