Knowledge of Farmers About Improved Cultivation Practices of Moth Bean in Jodhpur District

Abstract

The study was conducted in Mandore and Bhopalgarh panchayat samities of Jodhpur District of Rajasthan. In each panchayat samiti, one village each within 0 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km and more than 6 km distance from the panchayat samiti was selected randomly. From each village 30 farmers cultivating moth bean were selected by random sampling method. The total number of 180 selected respondents formed the sample size. The study revealed that majority of the farmers possessed fairly good knowledge of moth bean production technology. Age of the farmers was negatively and significantly correlated with knowledge of moth bean production technology while caste, education, social participation, mass media exposure, contact with extension agencies and infrastructure facilities were positively and significantly correlated with knowledge. All the 13 independent variables taken together explained to the extent of 72.9% variation for knowledge of the respondents. Key words: Knowledge, high yielding varieties, moth bean.