Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Knowledge about recommended rice cultivation practices by farmers from Palghar district
Author(s): RS Karangami, SA Dhenge and AM Murai
Abstract: The present study was conducted in Palghar district of Konkan region of Maharashtra state. Two tahsils namely Wada and Palghar selected purposively for this study on the basis of maximum area under cultivation of rice crop. From each selected tehsil, six villages were selected on the basis of higher production of rice. Total twelve villages were selected randomly. From each selected village 10 rice growers were selected from each village making a total sample of 120 farmers. The data were collected through personal interview method. The majority of the respondents 60.00 per cent of the respondents were knowing about ‘Use of high yielding varieties. The majority 87.85 per cent of the respondents were knowing about ‘Use quality of seed of improved variety’. The 48.34 per cent of the respondents were knowing about ‘Prepare of raised bed for sowing of seed’. The 63.34 per cent of the respondents were knowing about ‘Harvest crop close to the ground using Vaibhav sickle’. The overall result show that maximum number (75.00 per cent) of the respondents had ‘medium’ knowledge of the rice. While each 12.50 per cent of the respondents had ‘low’ and ‘high’ level of the knowledge respectively. Average knowledge score of the farmer was 55.02.
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RS Karangami, SA Dhenge, AM Murai. Knowledge about recommended rice cultivation practices by farmers from Palghar district. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):1563-1567.
