KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE OF FARMERS IN RESPECT OF PESTICIDE USE

U.N. DHODIYA¹, R.M. BHUVA²*, G.R. PATEL^3
1 Department of Extension Education, N.M. College of Agriculture; 2Director of Extension Education, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat - 396450
²Department of Extension Education, N.M. College of Agriculture; 2Director of Extension Education, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat - 396450
³Department of Extension Education, N.M. College of Agriculture; 2Director of Extension Education, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat - 396450
* Corresponding Author : rajeshbhuva189@gmail.com

Received : 09-04-2016     Accepted : 16-04-2016     Published : 21-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 21       Pages : 1373 - 1375
Int J Agr Sci 8.21 (2016):1373-1375

Keywords : Aptitude, Knowledge, Pesticide, Pesticide users, Correlation, South Gujarat
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The present investigation was undertaken in Tapi district of South Gujarat to analyze knowledge and aptitude of pesticide users about use of Pesticides. Total 150 respondents were selected randomly for the study. The study revealed that 68.00 per cent of the respondents had medium level of knowledge about optimal use of pesticides. Education of respondents (0.555**), occupation (0.308**), annual income (0.365**), economic motivation (0.411**), scientific orientation (0.294**) and risk orientation (0.512**) were positively and highly significantly correlated with knowledge about optimal use of pesticides. Majority (86.00 per cent) of the respondents had medium to low level of aptitude in respect of use of pesticide where as education (0.466**), occupation (0.325**), annual income (0.263**), mass media exposure (0.309**), economic motivation (0.326**) and scientific orientation (0.489**) were positively and highly significantly correlated with aptitude in respect of use of pesticides.