Knowledge Level of North Andaman Farmers towards Scientific Vegetable Cultivation Practices
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B.L. Kasinath, Shardul Vikram Lal, Shailesh Kumar, Pooja Kapoor, D. Basantia, B.L. Meena, Tanmai Paul, S.K. Zamir Ahmed, S. Dam Roy and A. Kundu
Abstract
The present study was conducted in Diglipur Tehsil of North & Middle Andaman district with 120 respondents
from 8 villages using random sampling techniques during 2016-17. The results showed that 20 per cent of
farming community belonged to youth and had medium level of annual income (47%). These socio-economic
factors were mainly attributed to their poor adoption behaviour of cultivation practices. The vegetable cultivation
significantly contributed (50%) to the farmers’ income. Further, it was found that majority of farmers still
depend on private dealers to redress the pest problems. The correlation analysis with farmer’s socio-economic
factors and adoption of improved cultivation practices revealed that knowledge of respondents increased with
the increase in their education and income. Educating the farmers through mass media, training and
demonstration will help the farmers in learning/adopting new technologies, which intern help them to increase
their productivity level and their farming income on sustainable basis. Thus, it can be observed from this
study that age, education and farming income influence much on motivation for learning and adoption level of
farmers.
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