KNOWLEDGE OF VEGETABLE GROWERS ABOUT ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES

P.S. GAMIT¹*, P.B. KHODIFAD², V.S. DEDUN^3
1Department of Extension Education, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450
²Department of Extension Education, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450
³Department of Extension Education, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450
* Corresponding Author : gamitprakash20@gmail.com

Received : 05-03-2016     Accepted : 18-03-2016     Published : 21-04-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 13       Pages : 1213 - 1215
Int J Agr Sci 8.13 (2016):1213-1215

Keywords : Profile, Knowledge, Vegetable growers, Eco-friendly practices
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The Present investigation was conducted in Navsari district of Gujarat state during 2015. All the taluka namely Navsari, Jalalpore, Gandevi, Chikhli and Vansda of Navsari district selected and from them 100 vegetable growers selected randomly. The study revealed that middle age (46.00 per cent), secondary education (40.00 per cent), medium size of family (52.00 per cent), membership in one organization (58.00 per cent), small size of land holding (48.00 per cent), annual income (49.00 per cent), medium extension participation (52.00 per cent), medium mass media exposure (63.00 per cent), medium market orientation (50.00 per cent), medium innovativeness (50.00 per cent), medium of risk orientation (67.00 per cent), medium scientific orientation (62.00 per cent), medium achievement motivation (49.00 per cent). Than in overall knowledge about eco-friendly practices of vegetable growers. The majority (69.00 per cent) of the vegetable growers had medium level of knowledge. The independent variables like size of family (0.205*), size of land holding (0207*), social participation (0.247*), extension participation (0.211*), scientific orientation (0.127NS), risk orientation (0.199*), innovativeness (0.245*), and mass media exposure (0.204*) had positive and significant correlation with the knowledge towards eco-friendly practices of vegetable crops production.