ECONOMIC MOTIVATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF BANANA GROWERS ABOUT INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

M. MAHESWARAN¹*, M.R. PATEL², A. PATEL³, V.B. PATEL^4
1B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
²Extension Education Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
³Director of Extension Education, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
⁴Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : meenumaheswaran62@gmail.com

Received : 24-05-2019     Accepted : 27-06-2019     Published : 30-06-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 12       Pages : 8638 - 8639
Int J Agr Sci 11.12 (2019):8638-8639

Keywords : Economic Motivation, Knowledge, Integrated Pest Management, Banana Growers
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Economic motivation plays an important role in soaring the level of knowledge of banana growers about integrated pest management. Economically motivated farmers are more oriented towards profit maximization from farming as they give comparatively more value on economic ends. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to study economic motivation and its relationship with the level of knowledge of banana growers about integrated pest management. The result of study revealed that slightly more than four-fifth (84.00 percent) of the banana growers was found with high to very high level of economic motivation. It is also revealed that economic motivation of the banana growers had positive and highly significant (r = 0.305**) relationship with their level of knowledge about IPM.

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