Society of Extension Education GujaratPublished: Gujarat Journal of Extension Education (P-ISSN: 2322-0678 & E-ISSN: 3048-9946)
Society of Extension Education GujaratAbstract: Horticulture sector is known as second revolution of agriculture which plays an important role in enhancing the socio-economic status of farmers by increasing their income, contributing to the complete eradication of poverty and increasing nutritional security. Due to the availability of all suitable agro-climatic conditions in India, citrus cover a large area & production. Among citrus crops, Kinnow occupies a distinctive place in horticulture. Recognizing the enormous importance of horticulture in Indian agriculture, the Government of India launched the National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in 2005-06 with objective to promote the complete and holistic development of the horticulture sector with the help of research, technology promotion, extension and post-harvest technology. Therefore, the present study was carried to measure the knowledge of the farmers pertaining to improved kinnow production technology under NHM. The present investigation was conducted in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan state which was selected purposely. There were nine Panchayat Samitis in Sri Ganganagar district. Out of these; three Panchayat Samitis namely SriGanganagar, SriKaranpur and Padampur were purposely selected on the basis of highest area and production of kinnow. The proportionate random sampling method was used to select the beneficiary respondents and same numbers of respondents who were not benefitted under NHM were also selected randomly and they were called as non-beneficiary respondents. Thus, total 180 respondents i.e. 90 beneficiary and 90 non-beneficiary respondents were taken from selected Panchayat Samitis. The results of the present investigation revealed that majority of the kinnow growers had middle level of knowledge about improved kinnow production technology. The highest knowledge was on the aspect of "general information" and least knowledge was about "plant material". There was a significant association observed amongst education, occupation, mass media exposure and extension agency contact with knowledge level of the kinnow growers about improved kinnow production technology under NHM.
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