Title: KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF FARMERS ABOUT IMPROVED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF ONION CROP

Authors: Sandeep Kumar, E. P. K. Das and Raghu Nandan Sharma

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: onion, technologies, adoption, behaviour, knowledge

Volume: 39

Issue: 2

Year: June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.39.2.0012

Abstract: The study was conducted in Alwar districts of Rajasthan state during 2016-17 Descriptive research design was followed for the conduct of the study. With an objective to analyze the adoption Behaviour of onion regarding improved technologies and their socio- economic relationship with the adoption Behaviour for enhancement of production and productivity at farmer's level. Onion production has been practiced traditionally and a large portion of rural people earn their livelihood from onion production in this region. The present findings revealed that adoption of improved onion production technologies was the total sample for the present study was 120 respondents. The study was conducted with the objectives of Adoption behavior of onion growers. The findings with regard to all the respondents (100%) the major findings were as under noticed. Fifty percent of the respondents (50.00%) had middle age group followed by old age (33.33%) and young age group (16.67) fourty six percent of the respondents, (45.83%) were illiterate followed by primary and above (18.33%) middle school (15.00%) and secondary (10.83%) senior secondary (5%) and graduate & above (5%) most of the respondents (45.00%) had small land holding followed by marginal (31.67) and medium (20.00%), large (3.33%) land holding. Most of the respondents (52.5%) had medium level of knowledge followed by low (25%) and high level of knowledge (33.33%) respectively. However, Unavailability timely loan, Lack in information seeking for cultivation, Lack of information processing, Lack of contact by Government agents, were constraints faced by respondents. Factors like Age, Caste, Annual income, Family size, Farm implements, mass media exposure, were favor to be influential in an knowledge practices. Regular Training Programs Should be Organized about various Practices (i.e. Selection Of seed, Use Seed Treatment) Of onion Production, Input Like Improved Seed, fertilizer etc. Respondents suggested timely subsidized human inputs at the village level, nearby vegetable markets, low-interest institutional loans, and suitable resistant varieties to overcome agricultural constraints.