KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED GRAIN STORAGE PRACTICES BY THE FARMERS

M.N. PANPATTE¹, S.P. GAIKWAD²*, R.B. KALAMKAR³, S.D. WANGIKAR^4
1Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Umarkhed, 445206, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431402, Maharashtra, India
²Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Baramati, 413102, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, India
³Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Baramati, 413102, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, India
⁴Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Umarkhed, 445206, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431402, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : gaikwadextn@rediffmail.com

Received : 30-05-2020     Accepted : 13-06-2020     Published : 15-06-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 11       Pages : 9915 - 9917
Int J Agr Sci 12.11 (2020):9915-9917

Keywords : Knowledge and Adoption, Grain Storage
Academic Editor : Rakesh Kumar Chaurasia
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Umarkhed, Yavatmal, 445206, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431402, Maharashtra, India. Authors are also thankful to Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Baramati, 413102, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Present study was conducted in Basmat taluka of Hingoli district. Ten villages having highest area under food grain crops were selected for the study. From each village, 12 respondents were selected randomly, who stored food grains to their home and godowns. Thus, a sample of 120 respondents was drown for the study. The data was collected through personal interview method with the help of structured schedule. The data was statistically analysed with the help of frequency and percentage. Through this study it was revealed that majority of the respondents (72.50 percent) had medium knowledge level. Whereas, about 16.16 percent of the respondents had high level of knowledge followed by 10.84 percent of the respondents who had low knowledge level about recommended grain storage practices. Also, most of respondents (60.84 percent) had medium level of adoption about recommended grain storage practices, while 22.50 percent and 16.66 percent had low and high level of adoption about recommended grain storage practices respectively.

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