ANNUAL INCOME 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
⁴Regional Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : meenumaheswaran62@gmail.com

Received : 24-05-2019     Accepted : 12-07-2019     Published : 15-07-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 13       Pages : 8719 - 8720
Int J Agr Sci 11.13 (2019):8719-8720

Keywords : Annual income, 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

Annual income refers to the total annual earning of respondent through all the sources. It becomes an important factor which determines the attitude and knowledge of an individual towards agricultural practices. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to study annual income and its relationship with the level of knowledge of banana growers about integrated pest management. The result of study revealed that slightly more than three-fifth (66.00 percent) of the banana growers had more than 3 lakhs of annual income. It is also revealed that the correlation (r = 0.285**) between annual income and their level of knowledge of banana growers about IPM was positive and highly significant.

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