“KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS REGARDING GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECT ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE”
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2011-06
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jau,junagadh
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The agricultural situation in India has undergone a rapid change in last two decades. Agricultural Entrepreneurship plays a very important role in improving food and nutrition security, reducing poverty and in accelerating economic growth in a predominantly agricultural and rural economy like that of India. Education has been considered a lubricating force in the process of overall socio-economic development. The most important theme of linkage between agricultural entrepreneurship and educational institutions are on brink of the 21st century as we have almost reached to the cross road of Indian economy where the process of liberalization has started. This is indeed a crucial time for all of us to very seriously contemplate to develop a vision which can help us in our endeavor to promote economical and social status of our people and lead us to achieve the ultimate goal of our total participation in management of their organization. Entrepreneurship education provides opportunities to develop skills, in addition to the knowledge through engaging the learners in a variety of processes and situations. Keeping in view the present study entitled “KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS REGARDING GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECT ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE” was undertaken with following specific objectives:
1. To study profile of the agricultural students of agriculture faculty of JAU.
2. To study level of knowledge of the agricultural students about global warming.
3. To study sensitivity of the agricultural students to minimize global warming problem.
4. To ascertain relationship between profile of the agricultural students and their level of knowledge about global warming.
5. To ascertain suggestions of the agricultural students to create awareness about global warming among the postgraduate research scholars.
The present study was undertaken at College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. The study was conducted on randomly selected 100 students. The data were collected by distributing the questionnaire to randomly selected post graduate research scholars.
The dependent and Independent variables were measured with the help of suitable scale and procedures adopted by other research workers were used with due modification. The statistical tools used for analysis were mean, standard deviation and coefficient of correlation.
Major findings of the study are summarized below:
1. Nearly two-third of the post graduate research scholars (62.00 per cent) had age in the range of 22 to 24 years.
2. More than half of the post graduate research scholars (57.00 per cent) were in first class category.
3. Slightly less than half (44.00 per cent) was low participation in extracurricular activities.
4. Slightly less than three forth (70.00 per cent) of the post graduate research scholars father has above S.S.C. education level of education.
5. One third (37.00 per cent) of the post graduate research scholars mothers has above S.S.C.
6. More than one third (42.00 per cent) of the post graduate research scholars had high level habit to collect information from sources like text books, reference books, reports of seminar, symposia, conferences, news papers, research journals, TV and radio.
7. Exactly half (50.00 per cent) of the post graduate research scholars of JAUs were utilizing library facility everyday out of which, 26.00 per cent, 19.00 per cent and 05.00 per cent of them used it for one hour, two to three hours and for more than three hours, respectively.
8. Great majority (65.00 per cent) of the post graduate research scholars used internet every day, out of which 37.00, 19.00 and 09.00 per cent of them utilized it up to one hour, two to three hours and above three hours, respectively.
9. More than two fifth of the post graduate research scholars(45.00 per cent) family had income up to Rs. 1.0 lakh.
10. More than half (59.00 per cent) post graduate research scholar’s father engaged in farming and animal husbandry.
11. More than half (57.00 per cent) of the postgraduate research scholars had medium level of scientific orientation
12. 63.00 per cent of the post graduate research scholars had medium level of innovation proneness.
13. More than two fifth (46.00 per cent) of the post graduate research scholars held neutral attitude towards IPM.
14. Out of the 13 variables, three variables namely academic performance, father’s occupation and attitude towards IPM of post graduate research scholars had a positive and significant correlation with their knowledge about global warming and rest ten variables did not show any significant relationship.
15. Major suggestion endorsed by the post graduate research scholars were each student should be given responsibility to maintain one tree in campus, awareness on long term effect of GW problem should be created, establishing Environmental Information Center at college, Regular plantation of trees/plants should be organized in academics villages, post graduate students should be encouraged doing research on GW issues, special lecture of scientists on GW should be organized in academics institution and award should be given for the best research work done by postgraduate students on GW issues.
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