A Study on Knowledge and Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices of Onion of Farmers
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Date
2012
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
The research study was conducted in selected Bijapur and Dharwad districts of
Karnataka state during the year 2012-13. Onion consumption is spread throughout the
year and there is constant demand for onion bulb all around the year. However,
production of onion fluctuates from year to year. Two taluks namely, Basavan
Bagewadi and Navalgund taluks from Bijapur and Dharwad districts were selected
with 240 respondents.
The study revealed that majority of the respondents (43.75%) had medium
knowledge level about recommended onion cultivation practices. With regard to
individual recommended onion cultivation practice, regarding varieties (55.42%) of
the respondents were aware of the recommended varieties, majority of the
respondents (99.58%) had correct knowledge about the soil type which is suitable for
onion production, cent per cent of the respondents were aware about the best time for
sowing onion crop and less than half (46.25%) of the respondents were having the
knowledge about seed treatment.
It was observed that majority of the respondents had adopted the practices like
recommended varieties (48.75%), seed treatment (13.75%), FYM application
(4.58%), recommended time of sowing (97.50%), seed rate (91.25%), spacing
(98.33%), intercropping practice (10.83%), hand weeding (65.00%), recommended
control measures for control of Disease (10.00%), Least number of the respondents
(27.50%) took recommended control measures for control pest.
Majority of the respondents (59.17%) were selling their produce to the
agencies and about (55.00%) were selling in distant markets like Bangalore, Hubli
and Solapur. More than half (52.08%) of the respondents faced problem in selling
their produce due to no storage structures available for storage.
In case of problems, majority (87.08%) of the respondents felt problem in
designing doses of fertilizer, weed management (99.17%), fluctuations in market
price (98.33%) and high charges of transportation (98.33%).