KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF FARMERS ABOUT RECOMMENDED PRACTICES OF PEARL MILLET CULTIVATION: A STUDY OF ALIGARH DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH

NETRAPAL MALIK¹*, P.K. RATHI^2
1Scientist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mohanpura, Kasganj, 207401, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, 208002, India
²Associate Director Extension, Directorate of Extension, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : netrapalmalik1@gmail.com

Received : 26-11-2019     Accepted : 13-12-2019     Published : 15-12-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 23       Pages : 9248 - 9251
Int J Agr Sci 11.23 (2019):9248-9251

Keywords : Information sources, agricultural information, knowledge level, pearl millet cultivation practices, extension activities
Academic Editor : Dr Manjeet Singh Nain, Dr Al-kazafy Hassan Sabry, Aluizio Freire Da Silva Junior
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chherat, Aligarh, 202122, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India. Authors are also thankful to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mohanpura, Kasganj, 207401, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study to assess the knowledge level of farmers about recommended practices of hybrid pearl millet cultivation for grain in Kharif season with sample size of 120 pearl millet growers of district Aligarh of Uttar Pradesh showed that the majority of the respondents were educated up to high school and intermediate. Land holding of majority of the respondents was between two to four acres. Major source of irrigation was electricity operated tube-well. Friends/relatives, fellow farmers, agricultural inputs dealers/shopkeepers, officers/ extension functionaries of state department of agriculture were the most frequently used information sources for agricultural information. Few farmers also participated in the extension activities organized by the different agencies engaged in agricultural development of the district. Maximum numbers of farmers were having knowledge about suitable varieties, mechanical method of weed management, seed rate and appropriate time of sowing of pearl millet. However, most of the farmers were lacking in knowledge about the insect-pest and disease management, and nutrient management in the pearl millet crop.

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