Bhalla, Jaswinder SinghGurloveleen Singh2017-08-212017-08-212017http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810029165The study entitled “Adoption of recommended cultivation practices of kharif maize crop in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab” was undertaken with the objectives to study the knowledge level and extent of adoption and problems faced by the farmers in adoption of recommended cultivation practices of kharif maize. Out of ten blocks of district, four blocks were selected randomly. From each block, two villages were selected randomly, from each village 20 farmers were selected by using simple random sampling technique, so a total of 160 respondents were randomly selected from 8 villages. Data were collected by personally visiting the study area and interviewing the farmers. It was observed that majority of the farmers were of the middle age group (45-66 years), had gained education upto matric and fell in the category of medium (10-25 acres) operational land holding. Majority of the respondents belonged to low mass media exposure. It was also found that overall knowledge level regarding recommended cultivation practices of kharif maize was low among the farmers. . More than half of the farmers (52.5%) applied recommended seed rate. Majority of farmers (74.38%) were sown kharif maize crop at recommended time. Majority of farmers (85.62%) have adopted non recommended varieties. Majority of farmers have applied recommended fertilizers with recommended time and methods. Majority of farmers have applied recommended herbicides with recommended dose. 75.63 per cent farmers were satisfied from kharif maize cultivation. Majority of farmers (80.63%) have always faced the problem of high cost of improved seed, non-availability of recommended varieties (85.62%), high cost of fertilizers (100%) and herbicides (100%), lack of knowledge regarding the type of nozzle to be used (49.37%), lack of subsidized chemicals (100%), less availability of drier for maize produce (71.25%), lack of marketing facilities by govt. at proper price/rate (35%), no marketing facilities in rural areas (43.75%), non-procurement of maize produce by government at minimum support price (77.50%) and 56.87 per cent of farmers had problem of less price of produce having high moisture content.ennullThesis