A Study on Knowledge and Adoption of Cardamom Cultivation Practices by the Farmers of Chikmagalur District
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Date
2011
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
The study was carried out in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka during the year
2010-11. Following the simple random sampling 150 farmer respondents were
selected from 15 villages of three taluks of the district. The data was elicited through
personal interview method. Cardamom is the Queen of Spices. Cardamom Elettaria
cardamom (L.) Maton, which belongs to the family Zingiberaceae. It is one of the
most exotic and highly prized spices. Indian cardamom has a history as old as human
civilization. Southern India and Sri Lanka are regarded as origin of this spice. .
Cardamom is grown commercially in plantations under the shade of tall shadow forest
trees. It is very labourıintensive crop to produce. The fruits are pluck individually by
hand before they are fully ripe, over a period of few weeks.
The important findings of the study were; considerable per cent of the
respondents possessed medium knowledge (44.00%) and adoption (48.66%) about
recommended cultural practices of cardamom. Cent percent of the respondents
cultivated recommended varieties Most of the respondents had medium psychological
attributes like innovative proneness and risk orientation (52.00%) and (44.00%),
respectively.. A considerable percentage of respondents educated upto graduated
(32.00%). Very high percentage of the respondents (94.66%) possessed television
sets. A positive significant relationship was observed between level of knowledge,
adoption and personal, psychological and social characteristics like age, education,
risk orientation, innovative proneness, extension contact, and mass media
participation. Majority of the respondents expressed the problem of animal damage
(86.66%), erratic rainfall (80.66%), pests and diseases damage (75.33%) high labour
cost (91.33%) and lack of organized market (84.66%) were the constraints expressed
by cardamom growers. Majority of the respondents (69.33%) marketed their produce
in farm itself. Considerable percentage of respondents (80.00%) collected the
information on market price from others who visited the market.
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Agricultural Extension Education