STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF WHEAT GROWERS OF INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN REGARDING WHEAT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

A.R. MUKHTARZAI¹, P.K. CHAHAL²*, B.S. GHANGHAS^3
1Department of Extension Education, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
²Department of Extension Education, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
³Department of Extension Education, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : pardeepchahal46@gmail.com

Received : 01-08-2020     Accepted : 22-08-2020     Published : 30-08-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 16       Pages : 10121 - 10127
Int J Agr Sci 12.16 (2020):10121-10127

Keywords : Knowledge, Production, Technology, Wheat, Weighted mean score, Recommended variety, Time of sowing, Preparation of land
Academic Editor : P. K. Guru
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to GRAIN project (USA) for sponsoring the Research and CCS HAU Hisar to allow the research. Authors are also thankful to Department of Extension Education, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted in the states of India and Afghanistan to compare the exiting knowledge of wheat growing farmers on wheat production technologies. Two states from each country were selected for the study purposively representing both the countries for maximum wheat production. These were Punjab and Haryana from India and Herat and Nangarhar from Afghanistan. Hisar (Haryana), Mansa (Punjab) districts from India, Injil (Herat) and Behsood (Nangarhar) districts from Afghanistan were selected for the study. Three villages were selected randomly from each district and thereby a total number of twelve villages were selected for the data collection. 15 wheat growers from each village were selected randomly and total number of 180 wheat growers was selected to constitute a sample of the study. The data were collected through pre-tested structured interview schedule. Twelve important wheat production practices namely; recommended variety, time of sowing, preparation of land, seed rate, spacing, seed treatment, fertilizers, irrigation requirement, roguing, plant protection measure, harvesting/threshing and storage practices were studied for wheat production technology. Weighted mean score of knowledge on various practices in Afghanistan ranged from 1.45 to 2.38. The recommended practices having highest weighted mean score were roguing with rank I, followed by time of sowing with rank II, while weighted mean knowledge score of various practices of wheat production technology in India, ranged from 1.77 to 2.89. Recommended practices having highest weighted mean score were preparation of land with rank I, followed by time of sowing with rank II. Further it was observed that majority of the respondents had low knowledge level about mentioned wheat production technology of wheat in Afghanistan, while in India, majority of the respondents had medium knowledge level of recommended wheat production technology.

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