A Study on Knowledge and Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices of Onion of Farmers
| dc.contributor.advisor | N. Manjula | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vijayakumar R. Naik | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-21T18:54:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-21T18:54:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.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%). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/86840 | |
| dc.publisher | UAS, Dharwad | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | A Study on Knowledge and Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices of Onion of Farmers | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Extension | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | |
| dc.title | A Study on Knowledge and Adoption of Recommended Cultivation Practices of Onion of Farmers | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |