Research and extension gaps in commercial vegetable farming in Eastern Palakkad
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2003
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Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara
Abstract
The present study entitled "Research and extension gaps In commercial .
vegetable farming in eastern Palakkad" was conducted with the prime objective of
identifying and prioritizing the problems/constraints in commercial vegetable farming
followed by exploration of the availability of technological interventions with the
research system to tackle them and further to study the research - extension gaps
associated with it.
Eighty randomly selected vegetable growers representing 20 harithasangams
of Nemmara block were the respondents for the study. The status of commercial
vegetable farming in the study area and problems/constraints experienced in
commercial cultivation and marketing of the important vegetables were elicited using
PRA, farmers-extensionists-scientists interaction, field investigations and personal
interviews. The lists of identified problems were discussed by a multidisciplinary
research team to explore the availability of technological interventions with KAU
research system and the gaps thereon in vegetable research. Bitter gourd showed a
wider research gap while bhindi was reported to have no research gap with respect to
the number of specific problems left unaddressed in the POP recommendations of the
university.
The identified problems/constraints in commercial vegetable farming were
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ranked based on their severity as perceived by the farmers. The appropriate
technological interventions recommended by the multi disciplinary research team
based on extensive review of POP were listed and included in the interview schedule
to study the knowledge and adoption levels of these recommended vegetable
production technologies. It was found that majority of the commercial vegetable
growers had medium level of knowledge and adoption with respect to the
recommended package of practices of KAU on vegetable cultivation.
A socio-economic profile analysis..of the vegetable growers was also carried
out for the purpose of knowing the distribution of respondents with respect to ~lje
selected characteristics as dimensions of the profile study.
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