Kher, S.K.Kumari, Gulshan2016-09-192016-09-192010J-06-D-68Ahttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/77365IPM (Integrated Pest Management) programme in the state of Jammu and Kashmir was started in the year 1993-94. Since then a number of farmers have been trained in 14 weeks Farmers Field School (FFS) programme organized by Central Integrated Pest Management Centre (CIPMC) and Department of Agriculture, Jammu. But there is no empirical evidence about the outcome of the programme in terms of knowledge and adoption of IPM practices. In this context, the study entitled “Adoption of IPM (Integrated Pest Management) practices by IPM trained rice growers of Jammu division” was conducted. A sample of 240 respondents was selected from 12 villages of Jammu and Samba districts to study the outcome of IPM programme. The study revealed that a majority of IPM trained rice growers were above 50 years in age. The respondents had medium level of extension contact, participation in extension programmes, mass media exposure, economic motivation, scientific orientation and risk preference. More than half of the respondents had marginal land holdings and majority had agriculture as their main occupation. Majority of respondents were literate and had not participated in any social organization. Though the IPM training had resulted in gain in knowledge of the farmers but not resulted in adoption of IPM practices. The majority of the farmers had medium level of knowledge of IPM practices. The mean knowledge score of the farmers was 27.76 with S.D 8.96 and there was a variation in the mean knowledge score in the studied villages. Despite this, the adoption of IPM practices was low and mean adoption score was 6.1 with S.D 2.0. Education (0.539), extension contacts (0.226), participation in extension programmes (0.137) and exposure to mass media (0.401) had significant and positive relationship with adoption of IPM practices. Age (-0.365) and occupation (-0.265) were negatively and significantly associated with adoption of IPM practices. Education had exerted maximum direct effect (0.432) and the variable exposure to mass media had highest indirect effect (0.296) on the adoption of IPM practices compared to other variables when put on the path analysis. In the adoption of cultural, manual/mechanical, biological and chemical practices, the major constraints encountered by the respondents were lack of knowledge of balanced use of fertilizers, labour intensiveness of manual/mechanical practices and non-availability of bio-control agents and bio-fertilizers. Constraints identified should be bridged up by employing extension interventions from time to time. Benefits of IPM technology should be popularized among the farmers. Periodical trainings need to be organized for refreshing the knowledge of the IPM trained farmers.enINTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, RICE, RICE GROWING FARMERSADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIESThesis