FARMERS’ PREFERENCE FOR DIFFERENT BRANDS OF SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES – A STUDY IN KOLAR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
| dc.contributor.advisor | GIRISH, M R | |
| dc.contributor.author | SUDHAKARA, K R | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-07T14:07:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-07T14:07:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 40830 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study was conducted in Kolar district of Karnataka state with the major objective of analysing farmers’ preference for different brands of systemic pesticides. The primary data was collected from 85 respondents which included farmers (60) retailers (20) and distributors (5). The secondary data regarding pesticide sales were collected from different company sales executives and Department of Agriculture, GoK, Kolar. The total sale of pesticides during the year 2010-11 was Rs 27.63 crores. Out of the 30 companies, the top four companies, viz., Syngenta India Ltd., Bayer Crop Science, Rallis India Ltd. and BASF India Ltd. accounted for about 45 per cent of the market share in terms of value. Among the 15 most popular systemic pesticides, 12.03 per cent of the sample farmers preferred Coragen followed by Imidacloprid (10.38 %), Curzate (10.14 %), Tatamida (9.43 %) and Acetamiprid (8.02 %). Majority (58.33 %) of the farmers replied that the effectiveness of the systemic pesticide was the main factor determining the purchase of a particular systemic pesticide while 25 per cent of them considered the price of pesticide as the determining factor to purchase a particular systemic pesticide. Traders were the major source (68.33 %) of awareness about latest pesticides. With regard to the formulation of pesticide used, it was observed that majority (80 %) of the farmers applied in liquid form followed by 14 per cent in powder form and six per cent in granular form. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | Th-10169 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/89565 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Business Management | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | |
| dc.title | FARMERS’ PREFERENCE FOR DIFFERENT BRANDS OF SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES – A STUDY IN KOLAR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |